
The U.S. Space Command plans to expand its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., beyond the 10 companies in the CIC--an expansion that may aid DoD in the protection of commercial satellites. The 10 CIC member companies are SpaceX, Maxar Technologies, Eutelsat Communications S.A.'s Eutelsat America Corp., EchoStar Corp.'s [SATS] Hughes Network Systems, Viasat Inc. [VSAT] and Viasat-owned Inmarsat, Intelsat Ltd.'s Intelsat General Communications, Iridium Communications Inc. [IRDM], SES Space & Defense, and XTAR LLC. "We're…