Shawn Barnes, who has been serving as the de facto head of Air Force Space Acquisition and Integration (SAF/SP), has been transferred to the role of the director of Air Force Financial Management Legislative Liaison.
The question about who ultimately will be in charge of making decisions about what the Space Force buys will now fall to the incoming Air Force secretary, DoD Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Biden White House.
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"Given where we are at this point in the administration, it's unlikely that we would see a nominee" for an independent Space Force acquisition head, said Shawn Barnes, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for space acquisition.
The Space Development Agency "could easily die away without anybody missing it," said former Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.
The Air Force and OSD have agreed to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force "around the beginning of 2023," said Shawn Barnes.
"I think all orbital regimes are on the table," said Lt. Gen. John Thompson, head of Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).
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Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett's report to Congress on future space acquisition will include a plan to reform the way JROC sets requirements.
Part of the new missile warning satellite architecture will be plans for integrating commercial and allied capabilities, explains Shawn Barnes.
"There are some places that will have some interesting dialogue," says Shawn Barnes, the Air Force's point person on working out future space acquisition authorities under the Space Force.
WASHINGTON: It probably won’t do much to fend off vigorous efforts by House lawmakers to create a Space Corps, but the Air Force has picked most of the people to staff its new A11 space office in the Air Staff. The pick for assistant deputy chief of staff, Shawn Barnes, for space operations is pretty deft, […]
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