First SDA Launch To Show New Way For Acquisition, Space Force Says

Frank Calvelli

Credit: DOD
The U.S. Space Force wants to overhaul its approach to acquisition, with a focus on larger numbers of rapidly developed and launched small satellites to take over key missions such as missile warning. It is a cultural shift away from the Pentagon’s typical approach of large, expensive satellites...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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