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Brig. Gen. Middleton: US Space Force Could Use a ‘Better Milsatcom Strategy’

Brig. Gen. Middleton: US Space Force Could Use a ‘Better Milsatcom Strategy’
Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, Commander of U.S. Space Forces in Europe and Africa, right, is interviewed by Tina Ghataore at the Space Defense & Security Summit in Paris on Sept. 17, hosted by Novaspace. Photo: Via Satellite

PARIS — Acquiring resilient satellite communications lies at the heart of the U.S. Space Force’s commercial space strategy, but according to Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, Commander of U.S. Space Forces in Europe and Africa, the five-year-old branch of the Pentagon is still looking for a better way to secure connectivity. “Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as U.S. Internet Command,” Middleton said during a fireside chat at the World Space Business Week event in Paris on Sept. 17. “We could use a better commercial…

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