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Space Force To Undertake Pilot Acquisition Reform Program, Appropriators Say

Space Force To Undertake Pilot Acquisition Reform Program, Appropriators Say
Pictured is a U.S. Space Force photo of personnel with the 4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 3, during the Space Flag 26-1 exercise at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. on Dec. 12, 2025.

Under language in the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations conference bill, the Space Force would undertake a pilot program for the Pentagon in the development of sustained program expertise. In April last year, the Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base executive order said that the Pentagon within two months was to send the White House an acquisition reform plan that would use "existing authorities to expedite acquisitions throughout the Department of Defense, including a first preference…

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