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U.S. Satellite Sector Must Get Agile to Beat China, Says Former USAF Software Chief

Shaun Waterman

Friday, October 8th, 2021

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U.S. Satellite Sector Must Get Agile to Beat China, Says Former USAF Software Chief

Nicolas Chaillan, recently departed chief software officer of the U.S. Air Force at CyberSatGov. Photo: Shaun Waterman

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. satellite sector must embrace modern software design practices like agile and DevSecOps if America’s space efforts are to remain ahead of foreign competitors like China, Nicolas Chaillan, the recently departed chief software officer of the U.S. Air Force, told CyberSatGov this week. He said in his Thursday lunchtime keynote that many of the traditional national security satellite providers are stuck in a Department of Defense (DoD) ecosystem that is burdened by enormous technical debt, and unable…

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