WT 360: Arcfield and the modern era’s space races
Arcfield's CEO Kevin Kelly addresses employees at a company town hall event. Arcfield photo.
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Ross Wilkers
Kevin Kelly, chief executive of Arcfield, joins to go over how the systems engineering outfit is looking at a landscape that involves large-scale initiatives like Golden Dome and making data centers work in space.
While the 20th century’s Space Race was strictly head-to-head, the 21st century variant is much more complex and multipolar as private businesses and nations are looking to lead in this domain.
Kevin Kelly, chief executive of Arcfield, joins for this episode to go over how this systems engineering outfit is looking at the landscape through the lens of a company that has both government and private sector customers.
In talking with Ross Wilkers, Kelly explains the art and science of managing space as it gets more and more crowded thanks to plummeting launch costs.
The Golden Dome missile defense initiative, data centers in space and Arcfield’s acquisition activity over the past three years are also on the agenda.
