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How the SDA’s space architecture comes together

November 19, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In order to do missile tracking for the next generation missile threats — hypersonic glide vehicles, hypersonic cruise missiles — we need to do two […]

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The SDA accountable, but not responsible, for space architecture

September 20, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

In August, 2018, the department put forward this report to Congress[that] … laid out these eight capabilities. … The Space Development Agency was set up […]

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The SDA’s positioning for a new space architecture

August 13, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The 2018 National Defense Strategy gives out a set of goals and they all say “we want you to modernize in an agile manner with […]

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MDA to take the lead on satellites that track hypersonic, ballistic missiles

July 29, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Draft legislation before a key Senate panel would assign the Missile Defense Agency responsibility for developing the Space Sensor Layer, bucking a Defense Department gambit […]

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Implications of the Space Development Agency

March 14, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday [March 12, 2019] officially established the Space Development Agency as a separate organization within the Department of Defense […]

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