spacetoday.net: Space Force unveils commercialization strategy

Posted: Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 11:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
The U.S. Space Force has released a long-awaited strategy for how it will leverage commercial capabilities. In a speech at the 39th Space Symposium Wednesday, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said the strategy formalizes how the Space Force plans to move forward working with commercial industry to drive development of more resilient and combat-capable architectures while deploying them faster, in greater numbers and at a lower cost. He noted that the policy does not specify details like the amount of money available to spend on commercial systems in various mission areas, but instead outlines broad criteria that will be used to evaluate industry proposals. The Space Force's strategy comes a week after the Pentagon's recent guidance urging greater use of commercial space technologies.