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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

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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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