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Space Force Prompts Pentagon Effort to Streamline Its Purchasing
Date: February 13, 2020 | Outlet: Bloomberg Government | By Travis J. Tritten The military’s two-month-old Space Force is on trajectory for major growth but the Pentagon is still weighing an overhaul of how it buys and develops the hardware needed. Past programs have suffered from poor planning and bureaucracy amid threats from adversaries, lawmakers…
Read MoreSpace Development Agency Rolling Out Solicitations
Date: Jan. 21, 2020 | Outlet: National Defense Magazine | By Jon Harper The Space Development Agency released a broad agency announcement Jan. 21 for new technologies, and additional solicitations will be coming down the pipeline soon, the organization’s director told reporters. The SDA is charged with accelerating the development and fielding of cutting edge…
Read MoreSDA’s 2020 Plans Take Shape
Date: Jan. 22, 2020 | Outlet: Air Force Magazine | By Rachel S. Cohen The Space Development Agency in 2020 is embarking on its first full year of work to put up potentially thousands of satellites that aim to share combat data in new ways and better protect US interests. After standing up in March 2019,…
Read MoreSpace Development Agency Addresses Growing Capability Gaps
Date: July 23, 2019 | Outlet: DOD News | BY DAVID VERGUN The space domain is vital to warfighters, with information from satellites used for such things as communications, missile tracking and navigation. However, there are gaps that near-peer competitors such as China could exploit, said Derek M. Tournear, acting director of the Defense Department’s Space Development…
Read MoreWhat will the Space Development Agency really do?
Date: July 24, 2019 | Outlet: C4ISRNet | By Nathan Strout During an industry day July 23, Space Development Agency leaders explained how their organization differentiates itself from the military’s other space-related organizations. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) In the four months since it was officially established, the Space Development Agency has been a bit…
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