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Air Force

Five Teams to Focus on Space Domain Awareness for Space Rapid Capabilities Office

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

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Five Teams to Focus on Space Domain Awareness for Space Rapid Capabilities Office

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The U.S. Space Force's Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., on Wednesday identified five teams of small businesses and "leading prime integrators to advance integrated satellites" under the Space RCO's Prime Fusion Pilot Accelerator Program. The latter "supports the Space RCO's mission to accelerate the transition from development to deployment, paving the way for rapid acquisition and delivery of time-sensitive, critical space systems," the office said. The integrator-small business teams are Anduril Industries and Colorado's Digantara, California's…

Congress

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Congress

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Advanced / Transformational Technology

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Congress

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