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USSF-52 was originally scheduled to launch in 2021 and has been delayed by payload and range availability.
Calvelli wants the Space Force to adopt the Space Development Agency’s strategy for acquiring small satellites using fixed-price contracts.
The Space Force plans to continue some traditional procurements of large geostationary satellites for missile-warning and military communications.
The Vulcan Cert-1 mission is planned to launch on 2023-12-24 from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The Space Force seeks to maintain program stability and avoid special access programs and over-classification.
The Space Force aims to deliver ground systems before launch and hold industry accountable for results.
The Space Force aims to enable teamwork between contracting officers and program managers and award executable contracts.
Frank Calvelli is the U.S. Space Force’s top procurement official and assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.
The Space Force hopes to begin using OCX next year.
Calvelli believes there will be a mix of acquisition approaches in the future for the U.S. Space Force.
Calvelli has steered the U.S. Space Force toward an acquisition philosophy centered on speed and ensuring contractors fulfill obligations and meet milestones.
The Space Force's acquisition strategy emphasizes building smaller satellites and ground systems while minimizing non-recurring engineering.
In June of 2023, iRocket signed a TACFI contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) to further develop its rocket engine.
The U.S. Space Force plans to procure 27 missile-defense satellites for a medium Earth orbit constellation using an acquisition model similar to the Space Development Agency’s.
U.S. Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley, head of Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO), will deliver the keynote at the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards on 2023-12-05 in Washington.
The U.S. Space Force took over operation of ground stations that receive data from infrared sensor satellites previously operated by the U.S. Army.
The Transport Layer is a global communications network in low Earth orbit being established by the Space Development Agency, a U.S. Space Force organization.
Rogue Space Systems received a total of $7,500,000 in awards from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force over the past 18 months.
The Phase II contract from AFWERX is the third contract Rogue Space Systems received in recent weeks and brings Rogue’s total USAF and USSF awards to $7,500,000 over the past 18 months.
Over the five years of the NSSL Phase 2 contract, the U.S. Space Force will have ordered a total of 48 missions.