DoD is working with Commerce to provide expertise on how to crunch space observational data, said Travis Langster, DoD principal director for space policy.
This GT Alert discusses the Commerce Department's strategic plan on space commerce, which focuses on five areas: (1) coordinating regulatory functions; (2) growing the customer base for U.S. commercial space goods and services; (3) improving space safety and sustainability; (4) promoting commercial space innovation; and (5) advancing Earth observation capabilities to empower better decision making.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves gave an update on the Department of Commerce’s strategic plan on space commerce at the Satellite 2023 Government and Military Forum. The Commerce is prioritizing the commercial space industry and there are five key focus areas in the plan.
Industry representatives meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves on Tuesday "stressed the need for [Commerce] to work quickly to field the new capabilities ideally by buying and redistributing existing commercial products in order to maintain leadership in the face of competing SSA offerings from the EU and China," a Commerce official told Breaking Defense today.