AIA recommendations for DOD Space Acquisition Reform
For decades, the United States has grappled with how to better acquire the national security space capabilities that have made us the world’s preeminent space power. Despite the Space Race initially building our dominant lead over global competitors, we have too often been hampered by an acquisition process ill-suited for the rapidly evolving and increasingly vulnerable space domain. Now our lead is shrinking significantly even as our military and economic dependence on space grows.