The upcoming pilots will focus on satellite communications, small launch providers and tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking.

The Space Force is also close to reaching agreements with the NGA and NRO on how to share roles and responsibilities for purchasing commercial satellite imagery and…

The Orbital Watch initiative comes as the Space Force explores how to better integrate commercial capabilities into its warfighting architectures and operations.

The efforts include operationalizing a nascent data-fusion pilot effort and supporting research and development of on-orbit maneuverability technologies.

Troy Meink also told lawmakers that the Department of the Air Force must move faster on innovating new technologies.

The upcoming "space warfighting" framework will define the Space Force's terminology and concepts for operational planners, Gen. Chance Saltzman said.

The updated plan lays out how the service will improve its data-sharing capabilities and further integrate its fledgling cloud-based data repository.

The demonstrations are yet another example of adversary advancements in space and their ability to use them for military applications.

The agency now expects to launch the first satellites in Tranche 1 of the PWSA later this summer.

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is working on a plan to scale its Rapid Resilient Command and Control program before 2026.