Delivering for the Warfighter: The Importance of Executing Space Acquisition Programs

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The Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a set of space acquisition tenets in October 2022 and a formula to go fast in space acquisition in April 2023. Building on these themes, in December 2023, he released guidance detailing program management skills for acquisition professionals.

Please join the Aerospace Security Project on Friday, February 23, 2024, from 10:00am to 11:00am ET for an engaging conversation with Assistant Secretary Calvelli, moderated by ASP Director Kari A. Bingen. Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group Director Cynthia Cook will introduce the discussion. The conversation will span implementation of these guidelines and best practices to date, re-optimization initiatives within the Department of the Air Force, and the space industrial base.

This will be a hybrid event hosted at CSIS and livestreamed from this event webpage, with the opportunity for in person and online viewers to submit live questions from this event page. In-person attendance will be limited, please RSVP to secure a spot.

This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.