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Homeland Security

Operationally Responsive Space: A Good Idea, But Combatants, Intelligence/Space Community, Differ As To What It Should Be

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Monday, July 21st, 2008

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The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according to a watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessed ORS, a Department of Defense (DOD) effort, in a report to the Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee. "DOD is making some progress in developing the ORS concept, but whether it will meet warfighter requirements is unclear, principally because…

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