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Space Force, IC’s battle over commercial ISR reignites as appropriators add fuel
Over the past year, the three key agency players with control over US space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) — the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the Space Force — have been working toward an agreement on how to split the power to buy products and services from commercial satellite operators.
But according to a dozen government, former government, industry and congressional sources, there has been a notable shift in recent months as NGA has become increasingly concerned that Space Force’s moves could threaten its raison d’etre. Spurred in part by the increasingly public debate, as well as the count down to the annual budget release earlier this month, Biden administration officials have weighed in to try to sort things out.
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/space-force-ics-battle-over-commercial-isr-reignites-as-appropriators-add-fuel/