The Space Force is launching a new effort aimed at taking advantage of commercial on-orbit servicing technology to develop a use case and demonstrate the viability of a future space-based mobility and logistics capability. Modeled off AFWERX’s “Prime” initiative, Orbital Prime aims to both invest in the current on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing market and transition technology for future use by the Space Force. Gabe Mounce, deputy director of SpaceWERX, told Inside Defense in a Nov. 5 interview the...
