LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is developing a strategy to cut in half the time it takes to field a new satellite through commonality, digital engineering and model-based systems engineering concepts. Cordell DeLaPena, SMC's new program executive officer for space production, told Inside Defense in a recent interview here he expects the new production strategy will be complete next fall, before the start of fiscal year 2021. DeLaPena, whose...
