A new Defense Department inspector general report found Air Force Space Command’s supply chain could be vulnerable to adversary infiltration because of poorly implemented risk-management policies.
The DOD IG took an in-depth look at supply chain risk on the Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared System and conducted a limited review of the service’s Satellite Control Network, the Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminals and the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control Segment.
According to the report, released Aug. 16, the Air Force made some effort to establish risk controls on SBIRS, but fell short in several areas, largely in analyzing critical components, conducting threat assessments of suppliers who provide those parts and incorporating “rigorous test and evaluation”…
