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HASC Says It Has Limited Insight So Far on How Space Force’s Proliferated LEO Will Meet Combatant Commander Requirements

HASC Says It Has Limited Insight So Far on How Space Force’s Proliferated LEO Will Meet Combatant Commander Requirements
In April, the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) announced the initial launch of 10 of 28 planned satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. for the Tranche 0 Transport and Tracking Layers of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The SpaceX Falcon 9 carried the satellites (SDA Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) says that it has a limited understanding thus far of how the U.S. Space Force's future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) will meet the missile warning requirements of military forces in the field. In January, the Space Force's Space Development Agency renamed its proliferated low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation as the PWSA (Defense Daily, Jan. 23). HASC has "an understanding of the capability the Next Generation Geosynchronous Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation has delivered and continues…

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