Space acquisition and NRO picks face SASC

Space acquisition and NRO picks face SASC

Erich Hernandez-Baquero, nominated to become the Air Force’s top civilian space acquisition official, and Roger Mason, the administration’s choice to lead the National Reconnaissance Office, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee The post Space acquisition and NRO picks face SASC appeared first on SpaceNews.

NatSec Space Policy Nominees Face Questions from Senators

The Pentagon’s nominee to lead space acquisition said the military’s legacy space programs weren’t built for the modern acquisition reforms now reshaping the Space Force. “Those are the ones that are going to be encumbered the most because they weren’t born with the new digital engineering techniques,” Erich Hernandez-Baquero told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. “They weren’t born with the intent to integrate into thes…