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Space-Based GMTI, Tactical ISR Efforts by Space Force Not to Conflict with NDSA

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

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Space-Based GMTI, Tactical ISR Efforts by Space Force Not to Conflict with NDSA

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is undertaking a space-based ground moving target indicator (GMTI) program and looking to move into tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that complement intelligence community efforts, but the new USSF focus areas are not to conflict with the mission of the Space Development Agency (SDA) to build satellites enabling beyond line of sight targeting of mobile missiles, according to officials' remarks on May 12 at the McAleese Associates' FY2022 Defense Programs Conference. Chief of…

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