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Space Acquisition Council Eyes Digital Engineering Tech for Future Satellite Builds

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Space Acquisition Council Eyes Digital Engineering Tech for Future Satellite Builds
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and program executive officer for space, presented a special gift to Dr. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, during Air Force Space Pitch Day, Nov. 5, 2019, San Francisco, Calif. Air Force Space Pitch Day is a two-day event demonstrating the department’s willingness and ability to work with non-traditional start-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Van De Ha)

The recently formed Space Acquisition Council wants to look at ways to apply digital engineering techniques that have been more prominently used in aviation programs to satellite manufacturing, the Air Force’s top acquisition leader said April 16. Participants at the inaugural council meeting April 8 – comprising leaders of the U.S. Space Force, Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office, Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency – developed several action items related to how the Pentagon should alter its space acquisition…

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