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 secretary for acquisition and integration (a post formerly held by Will Roper; now in an acting role by Darlene Costello). “I am very concerned about the lack of progress with fixing these long-standing problems with space acquisition,” said McCollum. She stressed the importance of the new assistant secretary as the person with the authority to “make decisions on the budget and to align the resources with those acquisitions.” Breaking D readers remember that the biggest reason Congress began pressing for a Space Corps or Space Force was to improve space acquisition.