JICSpOC highlighting need for real-time space situational awareness

By Courtney Albon / October 20, 2016 at 5:38 PM
A year after standing up the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center, the defense and intelligence communities have developed a more nuanced understanding of the value of collaboration in space and have better articulated a need for more real-time space situational awareness in a contested environment. The Defense Department and the IC established the JICSpOC in October 2016 to unify space defense efforts between DOD and the intelligence community. It also serves as a hub for operational collaboration and experimentation...

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