Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director Kelly Hammett declined to share much about the new “threat warning” sensors, but gave updates on other closely held programs.
By Theresa HitchensA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
“Right now, the position of my combatant commander is: ‘I wanna move, I wanna refuel, I wanna have life-extension and I wanna live’,” SpRCO Director Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
A future challenge for the R2C2 program will be figuring out how it fits under the Pentagon’s overarching Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) efforts, Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
BADGER’s first demonstration, held in late August, “marks the first end-to-end test of the steerable phased array modules and software,” Col. Greg Hoffman, of SpRCO’s Strategic Capabilities Acquisition Delta, said.
By Theresa Hitchens
From antennas that can only “talk” to one satellite at a time to much of the work in the control center being done by paper, operators told reporters on a rare tour of the ops center that they’re in dire need of modernization.
By Theresa Hitchens
SpRCO head Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense in an interview that the “operational integration” process involves “tens of force generation elements with POAMS [plans of action and milestones] that take years to close everything out.”
By Theresa Hitchens
SDA Director Derek Tournear said his shop will remain its own when it formally joins the Space Force in coming weeks, giving the service another acquisition outlet.
By Theresa Hitchens
Why cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, as head of SSC, has enormous responsibility for space acquisition programs, but lacks direct financial control.
By Theresa Hitchens
Frank Calvelli says he will use the congressionally mandated Space Acquisition Council to herd the various Space Force acquisition cats.
By Theresa Hitchens The member agencies of the Program Integration Council now are all “cross-cleared” so they can share information about their planned space acquisitions, said Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space RCO is currently managing 13 classified programs, with another about to be initiated, said Director Mike Roberts.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Clearly, this is not what Congress intended,” one former senior DoD official notes.
By Theresa Hitchens
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.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space Systems Command will allow “competition between disruptors and prototypers and more traditional acquisition organizations” within the Space Force, says Gen. Jay Raymond.
By Theresa Hitchens
