
The Defense Department’s space acquisition leaders are convening to establish ways to keep its defense industrial base in business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the Space Acquisition Council are planning an “emergency” meeting in the near term with members of the Pentagon’s policy offices to establish ways to collectively support their suppliers, said Will Roper, the Air Force’s acquisition czar, in an April 16 media teleconference. The council is comprised of acquisition officials from the Air Force, Space Force,…