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The House Appropriations defense subcommittee in a report released July 13 blasts the U.S. Space Force for not having a dedicated civilian leader in charge of acquisitions.

The committee is “most concerned that the Department of the Air Force has no Senate-confirmed senior civilian leader solely focused on space with authority over acquisition, budget, and long-term planning,” says the report accompanying the fiscal year 2021 funding bill for the Defense Department that the House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up on Tuesday.

The HAC defense subcommittee approved the bill on July 8 in a closed session.

“The Space Force does not yet have a dedicated Service Acquisition Executive to focus exclusively on these unique acquisition challenges,” says the report, calling this a “fundamental problem which must be addressed for the Space Force to succeed.”

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