New space vision drives Air Force to change SBSS Follow-on strategy

By Courtney Albon / February 17, 2017 at 1:35 PM
The Air Force said this week it will scrap parts of its strategy to replace the legacy Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite system, attributing the change of plans to its newly adopted, largely classified Space Enterprise Vision. "The recently released Headquarters Air Force Space Command Space Enterprise Vision drove a significant change in the SBSS [follow-on] acquisition strategy," the service said in a Feb. 13 notice. "To satisfy the SEV's space situational awareness architecture needs, the SBSS FO program requirements have...

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