Space Force proceeding 'much faster' with acquisitions, official says

By Michael Marrow / May 19, 2022 at 1:14 PM
As the Space Force works to rapidly field new capabilities to maintain space dominance, the service's interagency coordination and commercial partnerships have resulted in "dramatic increases" in the speed of acquisitions, according to Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Speaking during a Defense Writers Group discussion this morning, Saltzman told reporters that “we are faster” compared to adversaries concerning acquisitions, pointing to the work of the Space Acquisition Council and Program...

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