Richard Beckman previously led AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate, overseeing space technology programsBeckman has held leadership roles across the Space Force, AFRL and Joint Staff acquisition organizationsCorey Klopstein grew the OTTI organization into a 300-member team managing a $500 million annual budgetCol. Richard Beckman assumed leadership as portfolio acquisition executive for infrastructure , succeeding Col. Corey Klopstein during a ceremony held Thursday at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado. Beckman is a Space Force acquisition and research and development leader with experience in space systems and advanced technology programs. Earlier in his AFRL career, Beckman served as senior materiel leader and chief of the Integrated Experiments and Evaluations Division within the Space Vehicles Directorate. On March 18, Klopstein became the first PAE for Infrastructure, bringing the Operational Test and Training Infrastructure, or OTTI, program together with other key infrastructure efforts for the Space Force. Thomas Ainsworth, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, credited Klopstein with laying the foundation for the enterprise.