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U.S. Space Force Looks to Industry for Help in Warning, Satellite Protection

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

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U.S. Space Force Looks to Industry for Help in Warning, Satellite Protection

Pictured is a Jan. 13 photo of an impact site of the Jan. 8 Iranian missile strike on Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq (DoD Photo)

The U.S. Space Force is looking to its collaboration with industry in the new service's Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) for help in the protection of satellites. Formed in 2015, the CIC is to integrate commercial satellite capabilities into the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The eight companies in the CIC are Eutelsat America Corp., Inmarsat, Intelsat General Communications, Iridium Communications [IRDM], MAXAR Technologies [MAXR], SES Government Solutions, Viasat, Inc. [VSAT] and XTAR. CIC companies provide such…

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