DOD space official wants more work for non-traditional vendors

By Michael Marrow / July 11, 2022 at 5:23 PM
While work is ongoing to lower barriers, Defense Department officials "need to do better" to help non-traditional vendors overcome obstacles like overclassification and the "Valley of Death,” especially when it comes to space acquisitions, according to a top Pentagon official. Speaking today during a panel hosted by the America’s Future Series Space Innovation Summit, Lindsay Millard, principal director for space in the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, noted that greater effort is needed to...

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