{"id":10632,"date":"2022-01-18T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/18\/head-of-us-air-forces-space-research-will-help-designing-the-space-forces-satellite-constellations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:33:43","slug":"head-of-us-air-forces-space-research-will-help-designing-the-space-forces-satellite-constellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/01\/18\/head-of-us-air-forces-space-research-will-help-designing-the-space-forces-satellite-constellations\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of US Air Force\u2019s space research will help design the Space Force\u2019s satellite constellations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of the Air Force Research Laboratory\u2019s space initiatives is taking a new job with the Space Force where he\u2019ll help design the service\u2019s architecture at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, Col. Eric Felt will wrap up four years as the director of AFRL\u2019s Space Vehicles Directorate, heading to the Pentagon to serve as the new deputy executive director of the service\u2019s Space Architecture, Science and Technology Directorate, according to an AFRL press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his new position, Felt will play an important role in establishing the Space Force\u2019s new acquisitions office. When Congress established the Space Force in 2019, it created a new assistant secretary of the Air Force position to lead space acquisitions, with the idea that an acquisitions executive focused on space systems could address the military\u2019s long-running challenges with delays and cost-overruns in that area. Following complaints from legislators that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/05\/07\/house-defense-leader-space-force-hasnt-met-expectations-for-speedy-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">the position was still unfilled in May 2021<\/a>, the Biden Administration nominated former principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office Frank Calvelli, who is now awaiting a Senate confirmation hearing. In the interim, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced in August the service would reorganize its space procurement office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/digital-show-dailies\/space-symposium\/2021\/08\/24\/air-force-secretary-outlines-short-term-plan-to-shake-up-space-acquisition\/?contentFeatureId=f0fljrziYHYB5pv&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fsmr%2Fspace-competition%22%2C%22from%22%3A8%2C%22size%22%3A10%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\">establishing the space-focused acquisitions and integration organization<\/a> within the Air Force, with major decisions still going through the acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisitions until the space acquisitions executive was approved by the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the deputy director of the Space Force\u2019s architecture and science and technology organization, Felt will play a key role in the service\u2019s architecture design work and in communicating the service\u2019s acquisitions priorities and needs to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his role at AFRL, Felt and his team of 1,080 military, civilian and contracted personnel, support the Space Force in its missile warning, position navigation and timing, space situational awareness, communications and space control missions. 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