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Session
Technical Session VII: Opportunities, Trends and Initiatives
Abstract
The Operationally Responsive Space Office was created by the U.S. Congress in 2007 partly in recognition that space acquisition took too long and cost too much. The primary role of ORS as stated in the 2007 National Defense Acquisition Act (NDAA) is to contribute to the development of low cost, rapid reaction payloads, busses, launch, and launch control capabilities in order to fulfill joint military operational requirements for on-demand space support and reconstitution; and to coordinate and execute operationally responsive space efforts across the Department of Defense with respect to planning, acquisition, and operations. The ORS Office pursues critical or enabling technology development within the disciplines of launch and range, ground systems, and/or modular bus/payload systems to reduce time and cost for JFC solution delivery. The ORS Office successfully demonstrated a responsive capability to an urgent need with the ORS-1 mission. In this budget constrained environment, the Department is pursuing the principles of the ORS Office and leveraging the lessons learned through its current missions on other space acquisition programs. ORS-5, the newest ORS mission, will demonstrate the tenets of ORS and address the guiding principles outlined in congressional language.
Presentation
Operationally Responsive Space – The Way Forward
The Operationally Responsive Space Office was created by the U.S. Congress in 2007 partly in recognition that space acquisition took too long and cost too much. The primary role of ORS as stated in the 2007 National Defense Acquisition Act (NDAA) is to contribute to the development of low cost, rapid reaction payloads, busses, launch, and launch control capabilities in order to fulfill joint military operational requirements for on-demand space support and reconstitution; and to coordinate and execute operationally responsive space efforts across the Department of Defense with respect to planning, acquisition, and operations. The ORS Office pursues critical or enabling technology development within the disciplines of launch and range, ground systems, and/or modular bus/payload systems to reduce time and cost for JFC solution delivery. The ORS Office successfully demonstrated a responsive capability to an urgent need with the ORS-1 mission. In this budget constrained environment, the Department is pursuing the principles of the ORS Office and leveraging the lessons learned through its current missions on other space acquisition programs. ORS-5, the newest ORS mission, will demonstrate the tenets of ORS and address the guiding principles outlined in congressional language.
