{"id":24016,"date":"2019-03-13T17:58:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T17:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/13\/pentagon-officially-stands-up-space-development-agency-names-first-director\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:08:05","slug":"pentagon-officially-stands-up-space-development-agency-names-first-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/03\/13\/pentagon-officially-stands-up-space-development-agency-names-first-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon officially stands up Space Development Agency, names first director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon has formally stood up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/08\/09\/space-force-will-be-6th-military-branch-by-2020-vice-president-pence-announces\/\" target=_blank>Space Development Agency<\/a>, and named its new director, according to a memo obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/\" target=_blank>Defense News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo, signed out by acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan March 12, immediately stood up the SDA as a new office under the direction of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2017\/12\/26\/could-the-pentagons-new-rampe-head-take-over-military-space-programs\/\" target=_blank>Mike Griffin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office will be directed by Fred Kennedy, the current director of the Tactical Technology Office, which falls under the purview of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per his bio, Kennedy, a retired Air Force colonel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/staff\/dr-fred-kennedy\" target=_blank>served as <\/a>senior policy adviser for national security space and aviation in the National Security and International Affairs division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/12\/heres-how-much-money-the-defense-department-wants-for-its-trio-of-new-space-organizations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/div_nrol47_1a.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s how much money the Defense Department wants for its trio of new space organizations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Out of the Space Force, U.S. Space Command or the Space Development Agency, which organization is set to get the most money in fiscal 2020? The answer may surprise you.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe SDA will define and monitor the Department\u2019s future threat-driven space architecture and will accelerate the development and fielding of new military space capabilities necessary to ensure out technological and military advantage in space for national defense,\u201d Shanahan wrote in the memo. \u201cThe SDA will unify and integrate efforts across the Department to define, develop and field the novel and innovative solutions necessary to outpace advancing threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the document, the SDA will be responsible for guiding programmatic policy developments for next-generation military space capabilities that reside within the Defense Department. In essence, it will serve as the unifying office for the department on space acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The director will have special hiring authorities for civilian employees to bring in highly qualified experts and noncompetitive short-term hires for up to 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan and Griffin have previously talked about the SDA as the core of what the Pentagon will do in the space domain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/10\/29\/the-biggest-challenge-to-the-pentagons-space-plan-hint-its-not-the-technology\/\" target=_blank>In October<\/a>, Shanahan described it as \u201cwhere all the players go\u201d if they want to do something with space assets, later telling Defense News that he needs someone in that job focused on how to architect common standards across the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is that integrated environment that we have to protect, and the best way to be able to provision for the future is to develop a foundation that\u2019s rooted in a very well-defined architecture and standards,\u201d said Shanahan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/11\/08\/space-expertise-isnt-necessary-to-run-the-space-development-agency-says-pentagon-deputy\/\" target=_blank>then the deputy secretary of defense<\/a>. \u201cAnd the standards aren\u2019t just simply for interfaces, these are design standards, you\u2019re manufacturing standards, these are test standards \u2014 so it\u2019s a suite of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/03\/13\/house-democrats-to-give-trumps-space-force-a-makeover\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1003471392.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House Armed Services to give Trump\u2019s Space Force a makeover<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says the president&#039;s Space Force proposal will not survive his panel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the idea has been criticized by outgoing Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who in February said there should be public conversations on whether the organization was necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think there\u2019s still concern \u2014 I know I have some concerns \u2014 about what is the mission of this entity, why do we think it would be better than what we currently do and what exactly will it be focused on conceptually,\u201d Wilson said last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/air-warfare-symposium\/\" target=_blank>at the Air Force Association\u2019s Air Warfare Symposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the SDA is independent for now, the plan is to transfer it to a stand-alone Space Force, something Shanahan said remains the long-term plan, writing: \u201cCoordination of requirements and transition decisions will occur through the normal processes once SDA transfers to the U.S. Space Force. 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