Future SBIRS strategy 'embroiled' in FY-19 POM process

By Courtney Albon / October 27, 2017 at 12:18 PM
The Air Force is still refining its Space-Based Infrared System follow-on strategy, and is putting "intense focus" on ensuring the program is structured to meet emerging requirements and resiliency concerns. Brig. Gen. Mark Baird, director of space programs in the service's acquisition office, told Inside the Air Force in an Oct. 20 interview the plan for evolving the legacy space-based missile warning program is taking shape as the Defense Department negotiates the fiscal year 2019 program objective memorandum. "It's being...

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