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Cost, performance, and delivery drive acquisition across the Defense Department, typically in equal measure. But the Space Development Agency has prioritized delivery above all else in its effort to get satellites into space that will deliver non-line-of-sight targeting to warfighters across the globe.

“The key thing is always to focus on getting these capabilities up and operational as rapidly as possible,” said Derek M. Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, during an online discussion today with the Space Force Association. “We will trade performance for schedule to make sure that we can maintain that.”

Budget professionals, Tournear said, are concerned about cost. “They want to make sure that the cost is correct and under control.”

And program managers are concerned about performance, he said. “They want to make sure that they can hit everything … they want to get the last ounce of performance out of their program as possible.”

But delivery, or schedule, is about getting an acquisition product to the end user on time…



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