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U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command Says It’s Using $40 Million Congressional Add to Improve COCOM Use of Commercial Imagery

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

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U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command Says It’s Using $40 Million Congressional Add to Improve COCOM Use of Commercial Imagery

Soldier in glasses of virtual reality. The concept of the future.

The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said that it is using a $40 million congressional add for Tactical, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) in fiscal 2024 to help combatant command (COCOM) staff and front-line military forces use commercial imagery. Analysts have said that, while DoD and intelligence community agencies have paid lip service to the use of commercial imagery for time-critical, tactical use in battle, front-line personnel have had to use different computers and other workarounds to…

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