Weekly Briefing: Military Space

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Military Space Report

SMC's Space Safari Office To Focus On 'Urgent' Launch Needs So-called 'responsive launch,' the ability to launch practically on demand, has been a Holy Grail for the Pentagon for more than a decade with arguably not much real-world progress.

Key Lawmaker Warns Off Space Force On Tactical ISR "I think before you hand off the ball, let's make sure there won't be a fumble — and the Space Force has a lot on it's plate right now," Rep. Jim Cooper says.

Rep. Cooper Predicts OK For $900M Space Wish Lists On the space acquisition czar, Rep. Jim Cooper said: "let's not let the politics of the Puzzle Palace dominate here. We can and must figure this out."

GPS III Launch Will Provide Global M-Code "OCX and the user equipment piece do not come online until the third quarter of 2023; that is when we would expect to have our initial operational capability for the GPS enterprise across across all segments: space, ground and user equipment," said Space and Missile Command's Col. Ed Byrne.

Pentagon: Diversify Your Orbital Regimes Even with the establishment of Space Force, space-based capabilities are primarily supporting terrestrial operations. Looking to the other recognized warfighting domains to redundant capabilities and interoperability will enhance architectural resilience.

NGA Seeks Upgraded Software To Speed Analysis The goal is to have an improved version of the Data Transformation Services (DTS) system up and running on classified NGA networks by next February, the agency's request for information (RFI) says.

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