The status change should give the Space Force more weight in debate about how to share acquisition authority for commercial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
By Theresa HitchensEnabling seamless operations across land, air, sea, space, and cyber
The real advantage comes when legacy, new, next generation and cutting-edge systems can work together in the battlespace.
“[T]he IC Commercial Space Council is discussing commercial protection right now. We had a meeting on Tuesday, and it came up,” said NGA’s David Gauthier, who chairs the council.
By Theresa Hitchens
“As an agency, we’ve been pretty clear that there really isn’t a material difference … between tactical ISR or strategic ISR. It’s just ISR. It’s taking pictures from space,” said Pete Muend, NRO’s director of commercial operations.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Our goal is to ultimately develop a comprehensive set of needs and gap analysis with traceable documentation of the joint warfighter requirements for space,” said Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman, before investing in solutions.
By Theresa Hitchens
US firms won “gold” in only three of the nine categories — the same number as China — in the NGA’s “Commercial Imaging Olympics.”
By Theresa Hitchens
