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DIU and Space Force team up on commercial satellite buys
Original: DIU, Space Force team up to kick-start buys of commercial sats for monitoring GEO
The Defense Innovation Unit and the US Space Force are partnering to launch purchases of commercial satellites capable of monitoring activities in geostationary orbit. The effort aims to speed up military access to commercially owned space domain awareness capabilities, reflecting a broader Pentagon push to leverage private sector space assets for national security missions.
Why now: Growing Pentagon interest in commercial space capabilities for space domain awareness is drawing attention
Defense Innovation UnitUS Space Force
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- DIU, Space Force team up to kick-start buys of commercial sats for monitoring GEO · Breaking Defense
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