Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room
Start Date
2-5-2000 1:00 PM
Description
U.S. Air Force approaches to meeting military space launch needs have undergone significant changes over the past 15 years, evolving definitely, and at times, fitfully. But the future approach remains undefined and recent events have called into question previously accepted basic assumptions.
When space launch programs began in the late 1950’s the Air Force employed a procurement approach driven both by the R&D nature of the new systems and by traditional aircraft-style contracting methods. The booster airframes were procured under one contract, the engines and rocket motors under other contracts, and avionics under others usually all from separate contractors.
Paper Session I-A - Changes and Challenges in Air Force Approaches to Space Launch Procurement
Radisson Resort at the Port, Jamaica Room
U.S. Air Force approaches to meeting military space launch needs have undergone significant changes over the past 15 years, evolving definitely, and at times, fitfully. But the future approach remains undefined and recent events have called into question previously accepted basic assumptions.
When space launch programs began in the late 1950’s the Air Force employed a procurement approach driven both by the R&D nature of the new systems and by traditional aircraft-style contracting methods. The booster airframes were procured under one contract, the engines and rocket motors under other contracts, and avionics under others usually all from separate contractors.
