Air Force Space Leaders Deliver Positive Report On US Combat Capabilities

[Barrett808]

Air Force Space Leaders Deliver Positive Report On United States' Combat Capabilities
by James A. Rush
for Air Force News
Colorado Springs CO (AFN) May 2, 2005

Two of the nation's top space professionals echoed each other as they delivered an upbeat message to industry and military space experts on the final day of the National Space Symposium, April 7, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

General Lance W. Lord, AFSPC commander, met with press representatives during a round-table discussion. During the questioning, he elaborated on his Tuesday speech about maintaining the United States' lead in space.

In a separate event, Lt. Gen. Brian A. Arnold, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, provided an update on progress the command is making in its systems acquisition process.

Throughout the four-day symposium, General Lord repeatedly stated the Air Force's space acquisition process is not broken. "Broken to me is something going wrong and you not knowing what it is," he said Thursday.

The general wants to see faster cycle times for space systems currently being acquired and he's looking to civilian success stories, like XM radio, to develop a program model.

"There's a lot we can learn from the civilian community," he said.

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http://www.spacedaily.com/news/milspace-05s.html

[Ernesto]

1. Eh, what did you expect........

reality or some other absurd concept? These gunsels didn't get those stars by rocking any body's boat.

[bemildred]

2. Duh?

"Yessir! Whatever you said Sir! Do I get my promotion yet, Sir?"