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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 D...

Space Force wants to be the world’s first fully digital service 6 hours ago Airmen assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, transition into the U.S. Space Force during a ceremony in February at the 621st Contingency Response Wing. (Nicholas Pilch/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force released its latest vision document May 6, laying out its desire to become the world’s first fully digital service. The Space Force believes digital solutions are necessary to accelerate its ability to develop, field and operate space capabilities quickly in order to maintain U.S. sp...

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 06, 2021 at 11:23 AM As “the only U.S. military Service to be established during the Information Age,” Space Force says it has “the unique opportunity to be ‘born digital’.” WASHINGTON: Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is creating a new virtual testing environment to apply digital engineering techniques to space acquisition — the first step in implementing the Space Force’s just-released Vision for a Digital Service. SMC, which is transitioning to the new Space Systems Command, “is responsible for establishing the initial digital enginee...

Plan for Space Force reserve component is ‘fairly close,’ National Guard boss says May 4 Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott H. Stalker, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Space Command, visits with space noncommissioned officers of the Colorado National Guard at the 117th Space Battalion headquarters on Fort Carson April 27, 2021. (Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Zachary Sheely) Senior military officials are “fairly close” on a plan to add a reserve component to the Space Force, the head of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers Tuesday. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson plans to m...