By
Theresa Hitchens on January 27, 2021 at 4:38 PM
Shawn Barnes
WASHINGTON: The Air Force has reorganized its space acquisition office into three new directorates, but the critical (and controversial) question of whether a new, independent Space Force assistant secretary post will be established remains unanswered, says Shawn Barnes, who currently serves as the Air Force’s de facto space acquisition lead.
Barnes told reporters this morning the reorganization of his current office which was set in motion under the Trump administration was given a green light earlier this month.
“Just recently, in early January, I was provided direction by our leadership to go ahead and execute the initial plans that I had put in place to reorganize the office,” he said. “So we have gone from an organization that was largely focused on policy and providing advice and counsel to the secretary, to one that is now focused on, or will be focused on, acquisition, architecture, and pol