By focusing on delivering minimum viable products, the Space Development Agency is enabling a larger set of suppliers to rapidly field data transport and missile tracking systems.
Two international customers so far have signed on to buy Northrop’s Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite, and the company hopes more could be in the works.
“So there's a sweet spot for where we can prime it and there's a stretch area. ... What I hope is you see the sweet spot increases and the stretch area is moving to higher” program sizes and complexities, Kratos’s Steve Fendley told Breaking Defense.
In this op-ed, Maj. Aaron Brynildson argues the need for a judge advocate unit for the Space Force.
“Not having a budget is quite frankly, it's killing me, because my budget was supposed to double this year,” said Air Force Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey.
The combat squadron arrangement aligns the Space Force with how the Air Force, Army and Navy present and deploy forces to combatant commands, such as Indo-Pacific and European Command, said Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess, head of Space Forces-Space.
Development of the Air Force’s first two rapid prototype radar planes proved more difficult than expected, according to acquisition chief Andrew Hunter.
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said the new Futures Command will not just be looking at what new capabilities the Space Force should build, own and operate, but also at how commercial tech, systems and services can fill some needs.
International partners could join in on drone development for a next round of CCA work planned for the FY25 budget, according to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
But the US and its NATO allies have brought some of those service members back, according to Gen. James Hecker.
In this op-ed, Masao Dahlgren discusses the launch of a forthcoming missile-tracking satellite constellation and what can be learned from it.
How the KC-46A has become a “game changer” for U.S. and allied warfighters.
Under the "reoptimizing" effort, changes are coming across the Department of the Air Force, from new training approaches to the establishment of high-level offices.
But a different acquisition strategy can help lower risks when fixed-price approaches are involved, the acquisition czar said.