NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Space Force plans to hire a deputy acquisition chief before filling the Senate-confirmed head of acquisitions, a senior service official told reporters. That civilian deputy would become the acting acquisition chief once hired, current acting chief Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy told reporters last week at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space, Cyber conference. The Air Force assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration would need to be nominated by President Trump and go...
