The U.S. Space Force has not closed the door on helping industry fund a “manufacturing on orbit” concept, meaning building parts for satellites while in space, according to the service’s acquisition executive.

The U.S. Space Force aims to establish a new acquisition arm, Space Systems Command, by spring 2021, but the Pentagon is still hammering out the details, according to the chief of space operations.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) anticipates the House and Senate will reach a conference agreement in early December for the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, which is roughly five months after each chamber passed its version of the bill.