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SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. — Dr. Lisa Costa, the U.S. Space Force’s first permanent Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, signed the Joint Task Force-Space Defense’s board during her visit to the organization at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Apr. 1, 2022. During the visit, Costa and members of her team learned about the JTF-SD’s protect and defend mission and its critical command and control networks. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tiana Williams)

Lisa Costa retires from position as top Space Force technology officer

Costa served as the Space Force's first-chief technology and innovation officer since 2021.

Jun 18, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Crews of the National Space Defense Center provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation security space enterprise. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon)

Space Force working on new digital modeling strategy

The new strategy will standardize use of digital twins across the Space Force development pipeline, according to Lisa Costa.

Nov 8, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Space Force Uniform — The chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force displays the service’s uniform nametapes in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. Robert Barnett)

Space Force procurement to transform its data management coming in fiscal 2024

The Space Force wants $364.5 million from Congress over the next five years to support the enhancement of its Unified Data Library.

Mar 24, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

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Pentagon faces shortage of edge-computing capability for space systems

Top air and space IT officials want to bring processing power to the edge while on orbit.

Jul 11, 2022 By Jon Harper