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NRO, NGA, Space Command Create Framework To Enhance Cooperation With Commercial Sector

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023

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NRO, NGA, Space Command Create Framework To Enhance Cooperation With Commercial Sector

Pete Muend, director of the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Office, spekas at GEOINT 2019 (NRO Photo)

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and U.S. Space Systems Command in July agreed to a framework that lays out roles and responsibilities for working, and enhancing cooperation, with the commercial space sector, and NRO official said on Tuesday. The Tri-Seal Strategic Framework is a response to space becoming increasingly contested, Pete Muend, director of the NRO’s Commercial Systems Program Office, said during a virtual panel discussion hosted by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. The new…

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