The new agreement puts an end to a two-year turf war over the roles and responsibilities for buying ISR products from commercial space providers.

The Navy announced it wants to bring on new vendors as current deals are nearing expiration next year.

With focus now turned toward competition with China and Russia, special operations forces need to hone their ability to achieve “security through obscurity.”

Defense officials see quantum sensors as promising capabilities for alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).

The Commercial Integration Cell looks to improve how the Space Force and commercial industry share classified information on threats in the space domain.

“As I look at the priorities within the command as we move forward, probably our top priority is how do we deliver that capability responsive to the…

The service is taking key lessons from using prototype systems to inform the development of its HADES platform.

“Moving forward, we see there are a lot of niche missions where the fine line between what is the tracking mission and what becomes the custody mission…

The HADES high-altitude plane will be equipped with a number of sensors that will enable the Army to conduct long-range ISR.

The new capability is currently being funded by the Defense Department's Quick Start authorities, according to an Air Force spokesperson.