Douglas Schiess
52:13 - 52:57
"the portfolio acquisition executives is trying to take all of the things that the SDA did correct and put those in all of the PAEs, and so, you know, Secretary Mink talks about giving 90% of contracting to them, and so what I would say to you, if confirmed, I promise you to continue to work that so that all of our PAEs take some of that capability to bring on fast systems"
“the portfolio acquisition executives is trying to take all of the things that the SDA did correct and put those in all of the PAEs, and so, you know, Secretary Mink talks about giving 90% of contracting to them, and so what I would say to you, if confirmed, I promise you to continue to work that so that all of our PAEs take some of that capability to bring on fast systems”
- Speaker
- Douglas Schiess
- Timestamp
- 52:13 – 52:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
I'd be interested in how you see that playing out. Senator, thanks. The Space Development Agency has been an incredible organization, and we've learned a lot from them and obviously doing great work. And as a matter of fact, I believe we have a launch later today out at Vandenberg for some capability capabilities there, so we're hoping for the best for that. What I would say in working with Secretary Mink, and if confirmed, continuing to work with him, the portfolio acquisition executives is trying to take all of the things that the SDA did correct and put those in all of the PAEs, and so, you know, Secretary Mink talks about giving 90% of contracting to them, and so what I would say to you, if confirmed, I promise you to continue to work that so that all of our PAEs take some of that capability to bring on fast systems That's great.
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