Space Force reworking requirements-writing process to harness industry innovation

By Shelley K. Mesch / March 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Space Force is refining its requirements-writing process to be more flexible and allow greater industry innovation while still ensuring new programs will meet mission needs, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today. It isn’t possible to write “the perfect requirement” and encourage industry innovation, Saltzman said during a discussion at the Mitchell Institute, so he is looking at how to thread the needle of writing requirements that are broad enough for industry interpretation while not being so...

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