While almost 20% of overall respondents believe that the Space Force is not effective “at all” at improving space acquisition, there is a major split between views of DoD and industry; just 4% of DoD respondents said Space Force hasn’t helped, while 23% of industry respondents held that view.
By Aaron Mehta“The challenge is taking the data that you want to share — you got to understand it, and how you want to share it — and then write the applications that give you that data quality at the highest level, and compress timelines for those decision makers,” said Randy Walden, head of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office.
By Theresa HitchensOn the space acquisition czar, Rep. Jim Cooper said: “let’s not let the politics of the Puzzle Palace dominate here. We can and must figure this out.”
By Theresa Hitchens“If there is an aircraft capable of launching an air-launched anti satellite weapon operating in the air domain, we need to know about it,” SPACECOM deputy Lt. Gen. John Shaw says.
By Theresa Hitchens