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Space Development Agency director reinstated after three-month review

Director of the Space Development Agency Derek Tournear pre-records for the Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 16, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Escott)

By Courtney Albon

The Space Force will reinstate Space Development Agency Derek Tournear this week after an investigation into past contracting practices involving the agency’s proliferated satellite constellation, officials said.

Tournear, who has been on administrative leave since mid-January, will resume his duties as SDA director April 17, according to an Air Force spokesperson. William Blauser, deputy director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, had been serving as the agency’s acting director.

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