“I’m very confident that we will have our first CASR contracts by early of next year, targeting space awareness,” said Col. Rich Kniseley, who is spearheading the Space Force’s effort to create a Commercial Augmented Space Reserve.
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Perhaps most intriguing is legislative language that calls into question Pentagon and IC plans to declassify data from classified remote sensing satellites that are part of a newly developed joint architecture called the “High-Capacity, Find, Fix, Track, Target and Engage and Assess Constellation,” or “HCF” for short.
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On the cusp of NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit, the House Armed Services Committee sent a first-ever international delegation focused on space security to Europe.
By Theresa Hitchens Col. Rich Kniseley, who heads up the Space Force’s Commercial Space Office, said right now he is “targeting mainly space domain awareness” for the first CASR contracts.
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The draft FY25 NDAA language would force DoD to create a new pilot project designed to kickstart its nascent plans to create a so-called hybrid space architecture linking national security, commercial, civil and allied satellites into a massive mesh network.
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The strategy notes that contracts with commercial space providers could, if deemed necessary, “enable prioritization of Department requirements and capability needs over other commercial clients in specific situations.”
By Theresa Hitchens In exchange for consenting to allowing DoD to commandeer services, the framework document suggests incentives for industry participants such as giving them status as a “preferential provider” to US government contracts and “war-risk insurance.”
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“The capacity needed during times of crisis or conflict will exceed our steady state peacetime demand,” said Col. Rich Kniseley, who leads Space Systems Commands Commercial Space Office.
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