House Armed Services Committee chairman’s mark paves way for fast-tracked space AQ exec

By Courtney Albon / August 25, 2021 at 6:15 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- The House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2022 defense policy bill would grant the Space Force the authority to create a new assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration. The provision follows an announcement this week from Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall who said in a speech here at the Space Symposium the service was reorganizing the office to make way for the new space acquisition executive role. The mark, which Inside...

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