Space Force officials eye increased use of commercial services

By Courtney Albon / April 21, 2021 at 4:07 PM
The Space Force wants to expand its use of commercial services beyond satellite communications to other mission areas, including remote sensing and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Gen. David Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations, said today during a C4ISRNET conference that the Space Force’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office is looking to widen its net to include “the availability and use and procurement and provisioning of other commercial services.” Thompson said the Space Force’s new Space Systems Command, which it...

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