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Welcome to Acquiring Minds , where we

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break down how space acquisition

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empowers today's warfighter . In the

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race to maintain superiority in space ,

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our greatest asset isn't just

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technology , it's our people . But for

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decades , a wall stood between the

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teams who build our space systems and

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the teams who operate them . To outpace

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a rapidly evolving threat , the US

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Space Force knew that the wall had to

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come down . This is the story of System

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Deltas and Mission Deltas , a new Space

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Force construct designed to tear down

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acquisition silos and accelerate the

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delivery of space-based capabilities to

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the warfighter . System deltas are the

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builders , each focused on a specific

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mission . Mission deltas are the teams

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that operate the satellites , run the

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ground systems , monitor the space

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sensors , and relay the data . Closing

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the gap between system and mission

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creates a continuous feedback loop .

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The result is a clear , consistent and

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unified demand signal to the

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development team and the test community .

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The threat is moving too fast to wait

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for perfect . Our acquisition teams

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must be in conversation every single

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day with their operator counterparts ,

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so that we can deliver capability and

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operationally relevant increments .

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That's because 50 or 60 or 70% of a

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solution delivered today is far more

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valuable than waiting months or years

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for a 100% solution . The results are

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already clear . The system in Mission

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Delta construct was a key enabler in

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slashing the launch timeline for a

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critical GPS launch from 24 months to

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just over 3 . It also accelerated the

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delivery of Forge , the ground system

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for missile warning and tracking . By

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embedding operators into the

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development process , the unified team

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tackled obstacles together and

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delivered the capability faster . In an

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era where victory depends on speed and

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integration , system and mission deltas

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ensure that the US Space Force is not

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just prepared for the future fight ,

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but is already ahead of the curve ,

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delivering the tools our warfighters

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need to win .