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Space Command Introduces Strategy To Work With Commercial Partners

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 5th, 2022

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Space Command Introduces Strategy To Work With Commercial Partners

Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command speaks at the U.S. Space Foundation's 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 24, 2021. (Pentagon Photo)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—U.S. Space Command on Tuesday released a strategy to guide its efforts to work with commercial industry to quickly take advantage of the explosion of relevant space-related developments in the private sector at lower cost and to put the command and industry on a common path to work together. The Commercial Integration Strategy is a result of the command taking a “step back” to examine easier and more efficient ways for commercial companies to work with USSPACECOM, Army…

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