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USSPACECOM Chief Tout’s Maven’s Role In Space Domain Awareness

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

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USSPACECOM Chief Tout’s Maven’s Role In Space Domain Awareness

Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander, U.S. Space Command. Photo. U.S. Space Command

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—An artificial intelligence platform increasingly being used across the combatant commands is operational with U.S. Space Command, helping to improve domain awareness of adversarial activity in space, the command’s top officer said on Tuesday. Maven Smart System has been integrated into USSPACECOM’s Joint Operations Center (JOC) and is “helping us manage adversary space order of battle boosting space domain awareness,” U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting said during a keynote address at the annual Space Symposium. Maven is…

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