ACQ Workforce - Space & Missile Systems

Abstract

Space Systems Command (SSC) equips US and allied forces with operational space and missile systems, launch systems, and command and control infrastructure in support of global military and national security operations. SSC operates with over 6,300 people and an annual budget exceeding 6.4B providing joint warfighters navigation, communication, weather, warning, force application, and space control capabilities. SSC is authorized to employ approximately 1,897 civilian acquisition professionals providing the management, tools, and technical capabilities needed to oversee acquisition programs to include materiel solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support. This funding does not include costs for base operating support civilian personnel supporting the Los Angeles Garrison at Los Angeles AFB. Funding SSC civilian payroll from the RDT&E appropriation provides program managers the flexibility to hire additional civilian personnel with program dollars versus additional contractors in concert with initiatives in response to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act. This program element supports both civilian pay and non-pay support requirements. In FY 2022 $214.051M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element. Space acquisition must respond with speed and agility to emerging adversary threats. Space Systems Command (SSC) has transformed the organization and implementation of space acquisition to an enterprise approach, to increase innovation and resiliency, leveraging international, commercial, and mission partnerships, and managing program/project priorities according to an integrated unclassified/classified enterprise space architecture. Expanding the appropriate acquisition authorities and contract mechanisms to deliver capability sooner, SSC will strategically execute experimentation, prototyping, risk reduction, and other efforts to develop new or repurpose existing capabilities. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
1206392SF_6_3620F_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2021: increase due to 9.701M reprogramming action due to September shortfall to cover FTEs at 1,312. FY 2023: increase of 35.740 due to 95 encumbered positions transferred from AFLCMC and 20 encumbered positions transferred from NAVY MUOS to SSC MUOS as well as Civ Pay reprice, and AcqDEMO conversions.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Force
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space

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