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Defense Watch: Space Officials Depart, Contracting Tips, Chinese Suppliers?

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Friday, June 21st, 2019

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Defense Watch: Space Officials Depart, Contracting Tips, Chinese Suppliers?

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SDA Director Out. Two key space officials in the DoD submitted their resignations last week. Fred Kennedy, who had been selected to lead the nascent Space Development Agency, will return to DARPA where he previously served as the Tactical Technology Office's director, a Pentagon spokeswoman confirmed Friday. An acting SDA director will be announced “soon,” said Heather Babb, Pentagon public affairs officer. ...Air Force Space Departures. Meanwhile, John Stopher, principal assistant to the secretary of the Air Force for space,…

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Congress

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