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SSC Official Says TacSRT Has Received COCOM Support

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 11th, 2025

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SSC Official Says TacSRT Has Received COCOM Support

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Combatant commands (COCOMs) have voiced support for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Tactical, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) program, an SSC official said. The full-year FY 2025 Continuing Resolution, which became law last month, funds TacSRT at $40 million, the same as in FY 2024. "The combatant commands love the capability that TacSRT has given us," Col. Minpo "Po" Shiue, the commander of SSC's Warfighter Integration Office (WIO), said in an interview. "One of the keys is that…

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