Ensuring Mission Assurance While Conducting Rapid Space Acquisition

by Cynthia R. Cook, Éder Sousa, Yool Kim

As the U.S. Space Force (USSF) pursues rapid acquisition of warfighting capabilities, a key question is whether the streamlining techniques being used to get new space systems to operators quickly create mission assurance vulnerabilities. The authors of this report examine the techniques being used to accelerate USSF acquisition, the risks associated with them, their potential impact on mission assurance, and the possible mitigations.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977410472
• ISBN13: 9781977410474
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"