Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has reassigned Maj. Gen. Steven Kwast, who’s led the Air Force’s Quadrennial Defense Review office since January, to command the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education at Maxwell AFB, Ala., announced the Pentagon on Sept. 12. In this role, Kwast will also be Air University’s vice commander.
Space Systems Command on July 27 announced a $287 million award to Sphinx Defense to develop a mission planning prototype for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program’s ground segment.