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Good morning. The committee today to consider the nomination of the lieutenant general. Thank you for your decades of service and willingness to serve in this a very important position. I would like to welcome your son, john and daughter, sarah and while not present but we acknowledge the parents randy and belinda. I am know they are very proud of your nomination. Recognizing the increasingar importance of the space domainm and growing threats to the critical space assets by china and russia, co...

The Space Force's procurement organization is making near-term moves to support a push for more resilient on-orbit capabilities.

Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, as head of SSC, has enormous responsibility for space acquisition programs, but lacks direct financial control.

The needs analysis comes as Congress has been keeping a watchful eye on what some lawmakers worry is a brewing turf battle between the Space Force and the spy satellite agencies.

"2026 is the fight we've got to get ready for," said Space System Command head Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein.

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 07, 2021 at 4:59 PM Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth, left WASHINGTON: Key House lawmakers today pushed the Air Force to move faster, and farther, to reform space acquisition — with both HAC-D Chair Rep. Betty McCollum and Ranking Member Rep. Ken Calvert expressing concern about the slow pace. In particular, lawmakers expressed impatience at the lack of movement toward creation of a new space acquisition czar independent of the Air Force’s assistant secre...

“Clearly, this is not what Congress intended,” said one former DoD official. “They wanted one person in charge, and made it the new Assistant Secretary of the Air Force — and even strengthened that position to merge the SAE (legal authority to put things on contract), with a mandate to fix Architecture and Integration.” Response to the re-organization plans from former DoD officials, acquisition experts and sources close to Congress ranged from confusion to frustration to skepticism...