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SMC Commander: ‘Integration’ in Space Will Be Key Challenge in 2020

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SMC Commander: ‘Integration’ in Space Will Be Key Challenge in 2020
t. Gen. John Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and program executive officer for space, addresses the audience during the kick-off of Air Force Space Pitch Day, Nov. 5, 2019, San Francisco, Calif. Air Force Space Pitch Day is a two-day event demonstrating the department’s willingness and ability to work with non-traditional start-ups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Van De Ha)

The Air Force will be working hard in 2020 to promote integration across its space enterprises, in terms of improving alliances and partnerships and connecting more systems and architectures, a top service official said Dec. 13. “If I had to give you one theme that I would be talking about every time I am up here on the Hill over the next year, it’s going to be about integration,” said Lt. Gen. John “JT” Thompson, Air Force Space and Missile…

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