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Study by NRO and Department of Air Force on Space-Based Radar Ongoing

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, August 4th, 2022

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Study by NRO and Department of Air Force on Space-Based Radar Ongoing

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel on May 17 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Collaboration by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Department of the Air Force on a Space-Based Radar study continues to fulfill one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's operational imperatives for the provision of ground-moving target indication (GMTI) at scale, NRO Director Chris Scolese said on Aug. 4. "There's a study that's going on that we're doing jointly that's going to inform how we move forward on that," Scolese told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' Schriever Spacepower Forum.…

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