Air Force on track to assume COMSATCOM acquisition authority this year

By Courtney Albon / May 25, 2018 at 10:11 AM
Air Force Space Command chief Gen. Jay Raymond said this week the service is on track to meet a congressional deadline for transitioning commercial satellite communications procurement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to Air Force Space Command. The Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act directed the agencies to make the change by Dec. 1. Raymond said the Air Force has established a planning team with DISA and expects to complete the transition on time. The Defense Department currently...

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