Pentagon Releases First Commercial Space Integration Strategy

The strategy aims to harness commercial space technologies for national security, overcoming traditional barriers.

The Pentagon has officially released its first Commercial Space Integration Strategy, aiming to integrate commercial space technologies into national security.
The strategy emphasizes overcoming structural, procedural, and cultural barriers to fully utilize commercial space solutions in military operations.
Key priorities include ensuring commercial solutions' availability, achieving peacetime integration, protecting against threats, and supporting the development of new commercial space solutions.
The strategy identifies 13 key mission areas for national security space, highlighting the role of commercial solutions in areas such as satellite communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and John Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy, underscored the importance of adapting to commercial space advancements for U.S. national security.