The Space Force is feeling the love from Congress, which approved its biggest wishes, such as converting space-oriented Air National Guard units into Space Force ones, in the compromise 2025 National Defense Authorization bill unveiled Dec. 7.
Frank Calvelli
On Nov. 27, Space Systems Command awarded a $196 million contract to RTX, for more work on the Next-Generation Operational Control System, as the OCX program struggles to move forward after nearly 15 years.
In October 2022, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration Frank Calvelli released his nine “tenets” of space acquisition, meant to guide the future of the Space Force’s capabilities. His very first step: Build smaller satellites. Nearly two years later, the service ...
For all of its brief existence, the Space Force has enjoyed sizable budget boosts every year as the service grew, expanded, and took on new missions. But with Congress struggling to pass a 2024 budget five months into the fiscal year, the threat of sequestration cuts ...
Revelations that Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon made headlines earlier this month, posing threats to military and civilian satellite constellations. The Space Force aims to counter that risk by doubling down on its “proliferation” strategy, potentially expanding into other orbits, including seldom-used ...
The Department of the Air Force’s space acquisition boss called for industry to stop low-bidding contracts and for the Pentagon to only select realistic proposals on Feb. 23, arguing that failures to do so eventually forces the Space Force to “rob our future to pay ...
The traditional ways of doing space acquisition must be reformed in order to add speed to our acquisitions to meet our priorities.
Our terrestrial forces … cannot survive and perform their missions if our adversary’s space-based operational support systems, especially targeting systems, are allowed to operate with impunity.
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Integrating commercial partners and priming an ever-accelerating development and acquisition process will define the future for Pentagon space programs, acquisition leaders predicted at the 2023 GovCon Wire Space Acquisition Forum on Jan. 18.
Accelerating commercial cooperation and leveraging resources are crucial to competing with China in a new space race, according to Air Force Maj. Gen. John Olson, mobilization assistant to the chief of Space Operations at U.S. Space Force. Olson’s remarks came during a National Defense Industrial Association ...
Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Johnny Haly led a discussion on "Accelerating Space Acquisition" with Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration; Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office; Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Purdy, program ...
