Senate appropriators have added $40 million to the budget for the Space Force's Commercial Space Office to test "direct tasking initiatives" for commercial space service, according to the report accompanying the Senate Appropriation Committee's fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill. “For tactical mission sets, receiving data in a tactically relevant timeline is essential to the success of a mission,” the committee said. The decision was made after lawmakers recognized the “current tasking prioritization” may not be fitting the requirements of...
