The Pentagon unveils a new strategy to utilize commercial space assets in military operations, aiming for transparency on military needs and private sector involvement. The plan includes protecting industry satellites and removing barriers for using commercial space capabilities. The US is funding defense contractors and startups for space-bound weapons and surveillance systems, signaling a new arms race in space led by the military industrial complex.
America is hell-bent on a new arms race — in space. More from @stavroulapabst https://t.co/Y3dIxPWDv9
The militarizing of space has already begun and the US military industrial complex is leading the way https://t.co/Y3dIxPXbkH
NEW @stavroulapabst : The US is funding or otherwise supporting a range of defense contractors and startups working to create a new generation of space-bound weapons, surveillance systems, and adjacent technologies. A new arms race. In space. https://t.co/Y3dIxPWDv9
Military could be directed to protect industry's satellites, Pentagon says | The Defense Department's first commercial space integration strategy says the military will take steps to “mitigate risks to commercial space actors.” https://t.co/j1QK2ORAmO
New DOD strategy looks to remove barriers for using commercial space capabilities in military ops https://t.co/k7Ygm3slXG https://t.co/1oSa7iEgqd
Military could be directed to protect industry's satellites, Pentagon says https://t.co/j1QK2ORAmO
Commercial space will have a role to play in space warfare, Pentagon says https://t.co/ckoawuMvYG
Pentagon will use commercial space assets in military operations, under new plan | The unclassified document aims “to be transparent” about what the military needs and how private companies fit in. https://t.co/NK6IPTtUa7