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Frank Calvelli

Frank Calvelli

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration

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The Space Force infrastructure race

New Capabilities

Pentagon's first senior acquisition executive for military space programs

The Space Force just started ripping out 1970s-era network equipment at 14 bases nationwide, racing to install zero-trust cybersecurity before adversaries can blind America's satellites. CACI won the $212 million job—at 77% below the government's estimate—to upgrade both classified and unclassified networks as cyber incidents targeting space systems surged 118% in 2025. It's the biggest bet yet that software-defined networks can stop what's coming.

Updated Jan 4