INTERVIEW WITH SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY’S CHIEF OF CONTRACTS, Christopher Glista
by EMILY ASHCOM and BENJAMIN TYREE
Christopher Glista, Chief of Contracts for the Space Development Agency (SDA), is responsible for the daily operation of SDA’s contracting cell and advises agency leadership on acquisition planning and provides contracting support for SDA busi- ness operations. Under his management, SDA has awarded more than $10 billion in contracts supporting its Proliferated Warfare Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranches 0-to-2 Middle Tier Acquisition programs. Earlier, Glista spent more than a decade at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a contracting officer, where he provided contracting support to the Tactical Technology Office for the majority of the DARPA space portfolio.
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