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Sep10

Army Looking To Satisfy Tactical Requirements With Nanosatellites

If the Army's plan prevails, the Pentagon could take an approach similar to that used for tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft in parsing out responsibilities between the two services, says Brig. Gen. Timothy Coffi ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-10-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug14

Upcoming National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Launch Will Feature NRO's First Rideshare Mission

In the satellite launch community, ridesharing takes advantage of extra performance capability, volume, and structural capacity to launch secondary payloads. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch NROL-36 from Vandenberg A ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-14-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jul18

DAU Space Acquisition Learning Assets (FY13)

DAU has developed learning assets tailored for the space acquisition professional.  For an overview of DoD's space acquisition policy, check out the ACQuipedia article at https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=280039.  For additional space a ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-18-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun29

DoD Making Progress In Implementing Better Buying Power For Satellites

DoD appears to be making progress in changing how it procures satellites.  Under what was Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Efficiency (EASE) and is now Efficient Space Procurement (ESP), the Air Force wanted to block buy satellites using fixed p ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-29-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun27

Space Agencies Are Fostering Launch Service Competition, But What About Mission Assurance?

Recently, I blogged about our space agencies' dependence on the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program for assured access to space...and the high price that is paid.  While the upcoming COTS solutions are putting pressure on the EELV contr ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-27-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

May31

Recent House Action Highlights Importance Of Timely Ground System Processing Acquisition

The Air Force does not currently expect to fully exploit data from the SBIRS staring sensors that are currently on-orbit until at least 2016 because the associated ground system software will not be completed until then.  It turns out that some of ...[Read More]
Published: May-31-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

May31

Congratulations to the Air Force Space Community on Successful AEHF Launch and Initial Orbit Raising

The Air Force's second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite had a flawless launch on May 4 and successfully completed the Liquid Apogee Engine phase of orbit raising May 28.  According to Col. Michael Sarchet, the AEHF program mana ...[Read More]
Published: May-31-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

May08

Recent GAO testimony on satellite acquisiton highlights challenges

GAO testimony before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate focused on (1) the current status of space system acquisitions; (2) results of GAO’s space-related reviews this past year; (3) actions taken to a ...[Read More]
Published: May-08-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

May01

US Air Force changing space acquisition plans

At the National Space Symposium in April 2012, several senior Air Force leaders laid out changes in the service's space acquisition plans.  The key points were: -- Smaller companies could help government save costs -- New approaches needed to deal ...[Read More]
Published: May-01-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr11

Space: Disruptive Challenges, New Opportunites and New Strategies

Lt Gen Ellen Pawlikowski, Doug Loverro and Col Tom Cristler looked at the disruptive changes and challenges facing the United States today in space, and formulated responses to those changes, explored the new opportunities enabling implementation ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-11-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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