{"id":33852,"date":"2024-02-23T19:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T19:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/23\/space-forces-fixed-price-push-includes-some-exceptions-calvelli-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:35:09","slug":"space-forces-fixed-price-push-includes-some-exceptions-calvelli-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/02\/23\/space-forces-fixed-price-push-includes-some-exceptions-calvelli-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force\u2019s fixed-price push includes some exceptions, Calvelli says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force\u2019s acquisition shop has been bullish about its pursuit of fixed-price development contracts amid rising concern from defense companies that the approach puts too much risk on industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space acquisition chief Frank Calvelli said today that while he stands by the fixed-price construct for much of the Space Force\u2019s portfolio, there are some programs that require a more nuanced approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI haven\u2019t said I\u2019m going to build the next-generation Battlestar Galactica, that\u2019s never been built before, fixed-price,\u201d Calvelli said at a Feb. 23 Center for Strategic and International Studies event. \u201cWe look at each acquisition individually and then we try to marry up the best strategy. When we\u2019re doing smaller footprint systems using existing technology, fixed price works fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under fixed-price contracts, companies are responsible to cover any unexpected costs incurred during a development program. The deals are designed to reduce risk to the government, but can cause problems for industry when challenges arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One well-known example of this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2024\/01\/09\/cautionary-tale-how-boeing-won-a-us-air-force-program-and-lost-7b\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing\u2019s development of the KC-46 tanker<\/a>. The Air Force awarded the company a $4.9 billion fixed-price contract for the effort in 2011, but the company has racked up $7 billion in cost overages due to design and production issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a series of earnings calls in late January, several large defense firms said they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2024\/01\/25\/no-more-must-wins-defense-firms-growing-warier-of-fixed-price-deals\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFixed%2Dprice%20contracting%20adds%20a,companies%2C%E2%80%9D%20Calvelli%20said%20in%20an\" target=\"_blank\">concerned about the Defense Department\u2019s use of fixed-price contracts<\/a>. Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said the deals lead companies to \u201ctake tremendous risk on cost and pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop Grumman\u2019s top executive, Kathy Warden, said the company has passed on high-profile defense programs due to that risk, and Chris Calio \u2014 chief operating officer at RTX and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2023\/12\/21\/rtx-shake-up-signals-a-shift-from-change-to-steadiness-analysts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">the company\u2019s soon-to-be CEO<\/a> \u2014 expressed similar sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Calvelli took the lead of the Space Force acquisition office in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/11\/01\/space-forces-calvelli-issues-acquisition-guideposts\/#:~:text=Those%20tenets%20include%3A%20building%20smaller,stability%3B%20avoiding%20overclassification%3B%20delivering%20ground\" target=\"_blank\">he has issued multiple memos<\/a> highlighting acquisition practices that can drive speed into development programs. His vision is for the service to buy smaller systems that rely on existing technology under fixed-price contracts that push for a program to be fielded within three years of an initial award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re using fixed price, you\u2019re not doing the first-of-its-kind or inventing something new,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so, I\u2019m a little bit confused by some of the bigger primes who say they\u2019re against that. They should not be against that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calvelli acknowledged that not all programs fit that mold. He offered as an example the Space Force\u2019s Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program, which will provide secure, survivable communications capabilities for strategic missions. The satellites carry complex requirements and are designed to withstand a nuclear attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing and Northrop Grumman have been developing prototype satellites since 2020 and the service expects to choose a single provider and begin production in 2025. Calvelli said that because the program was conducting early design and prototype work, the service considered a fixed-price contract as part of its acquisition strategy. 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