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Theresa Hitchens on May 06, 2021 at 11:23 AM
As “the only U.S. military Service to be established during the Information Age,” Space Force says it has “the unique opportunity to be ‘born digital’.”
WASHINGTON: Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is creating a new virtual testing environment to apply digital engineering techniques to space acquisition the first step in implementing the Space Force’s just-released Vision for a Digital Service.
SMC, which is transitioning to the new Space Systems Command, “is responsible for establishing the initial digital engineering ecosystem that we will use for our pathfinder programs,” Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force chief technology innovation officer, told reporters this morning. “We’re going to stand up an initial capability this year.
As a new service, we have an opportunity here to really establish ourselves in a new way leveraging digital technologies, and leveraging digital processes and practices in a new way, says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, Space Force acting chief technology innovation officer.
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Theresa Hitchens on December 23, 2020 at 4:01 AM