“I’m not criticizing ATLAS, but on the record, if it doesn’t get there on time, I’m gonna find an alternative, because that’s why I exist,” Space RCO Director Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense.
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Calvelli’s decision comes after a five-month delay necessary to hash out a reliable cost estimate for the NRO-Space Force development program.
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The new office, led by Claire Leon, will work to integrate acquisition programs across Space Systems Command, the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, Breaking Defense has learned.
By Theresa Hitchens The NDAA instructed Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli to detail a UDL integration plan, following criticism from the Government Accountability Office, as well as to explain the Space Force’s process “to regularly identify and evaluate commercial space situational awareness capabilities.”
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ULA CEO Tory Bruno explained that Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli asked Lockheed Martin and Boeing to create an independent review team to “help” Vulcan production rates and launch site readiness remain on track.
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The $883.7 billion bill makes several major changes to President Joe Biden’s FY25 budget request, including a more narrow approach to transferring Air National Guard units into the Space Force. But budgetary matters will ultimately be decided by congressional appropriators.
By Michael Marrow, Ashley Roque, Justin Katz and Theresa Hitchens The delay in the review, however, is not expected to impact the planned delivery schedule, an Air Force spokesperson said. That said, neither the Pentagon nor the NRO has revealed the hoped-for schedule.
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The Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation’s first satellite may see its launch pushed back by a year to 2026.
By Theresa Hitchens With apparent frustration with another program, Space Force acquisition chief Frank Calvelli asked, “What I don’t get… [is] why would somebody want to have this sort of reputation-ruining stain in the papers all the time?”
By Michael Marrow “We are clearly moving away from airborne ISR assets and moving into space. It’s the absolute right thing to do from a resiliency and sustainability perspective,” Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli said.
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The continuing delays in making the GPS jam-resistant M-Code signal available to military users “increase risk that U.S. and allied warfighters will be unable to conduct successful operations in future contested environments due to the lack of access to modernized GPS position, navigation, and timing (PNT) information,” the 2023 Annual Report of the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation finds.
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“We need to break the paradigm of thinking schedule slips are OK,” Air Force space acquisition czar Frank Calvelli told Breaking Defense.
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The Space Force has made some visible progress in its “pivot” towards resiliency, but acquisition reform remains a hard slog.
By Theresa Hitchens The Defense Business Board study, however, recommends against folding the NRO and MDA into the Space Force.
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