{"id":22346,"date":"2020-04-23T19:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/23\/congress-will-have-a-report-on-space-acquisition-reforms-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:49:29","slug":"congress-will-have-a-report-on-space-acquisition-reforms-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/04\/23\/congress-will-have-a-report-on-space-acquisition-reforms-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming report to Congress on space acquisition expected to be \u2018groundbreaking\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Senior Defense Department officials are reviewing a report on reforming space acquisitions, according to U.S. Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson, who added the report could be sent to Congress in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s in the final stages of review with the department. The department will in the very near term submit it to Congress,\u201d Thompson said in a Space News virtual event April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Congress created the Space Force in December, it was largely agnostic about how acquisitions should be reformed under the new, sixth service branch of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the legislation established a new council and executive position to oversee space acquisitions<\/a> under the Department of the Air Force, it did not provide substantial guidance on the organizational structure of acquisitions, which are currently divided primarily among the Space and Missile Systems Center, the Space Development Agency, and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. Neither did the legislation dictate what was to happen to space-related acquisitions taking place outside of the Department of the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\t