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Guaranteed Revenue Stream Among Ideas for CASR

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 8th, 2024

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Guaranteed Revenue Stream Among Ideas for CASR

Space Systems Command conducted the Parallax Rising 2.2 Tabletop Exercise last Aug. 22-24 in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Space Force P

The U.S. Space Force is considering helping offset consumer revenue losses for future members of a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR). Space Force has received more than 70 responses from industry on a CASR request for information (RFI) released in July, and the service may soon update that RFI. While federal war risk insurance is available for aircraft and ships called up at war time under the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) and the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Fleet, no…

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