Lombardi calls DMSP-20 failure to launch an 'unfortunate example'

By Courtney Albon / January 7, 2016 at 6:12 PM
The Air Force's acting acquisition executive said this week that the service's execution of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program is "an unfortunate example" of its ability to manage space programs, after taking heat from the House Armed Services Committee for alleged mismanagement of the program. During a Jan. 7 House Armed Services Committee hearing, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) questioned the Air Force's acting acquisition chief Richard Lombardi about the service's apparent failure to execute the weather satellite program, which Congress...

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