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Space

HASC Chair: Air Force Moving Too Fast on Launch Services Procurement Program

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, March 29th, 2019

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HASC Chair: Air Force Moving Too Fast on Launch Services Procurement Program

Artist's illustration of Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch vehicle. Photo: Blue Origin.

The leader of the House Armed Services Committee voiced his concern regarding the Air Force’s plan to procure launch service agreements with commercial vendors in a March 28 letter to service secretary Heather Wilson. “I would like to convey my concern that the Air Force is rapidly pressing ahead with its Launch Services Procurement (LSP) plan,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in the letter, which Defense Daily reviewed. He added that the service’s upcoming request for proposals for the second…

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