In a move to conform to USAF’s organizational master plan, officials at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif., have changed unit and office designations, creating wings and groups in the place of program offices. The changes span the breadth of SMC’s responsibilities, including military communications and weather satellites, space launch and range operations, and test and development activities.
Space Systems Command recently awarded Viasat a contract with a $450 million ceiling to design and field a mission operations center for the command’s burgeoning Space Data Network.