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Space Acquisition Chief Assessing Commercial Options For Situational Awareness, Comms, Other Needs

Space Acquisition Chief Assessing Commercial Options For Situational Awareness, Comms, Other Needs
Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Integration. Air Force photo

Responding to a potential need from U.S. Space Command for new unclassified space situational awareness (SSA) capability, the acting chief of space acquisition policy last week directed the U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) to analyze commercial solutions that can fill that need and how quickly. That analysis will give the SSC, which acquires and maintains assets for the U.S. Space Force, potential options and tradeoffs, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and…

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