Space.news by Sandra Erwin — February 8, 2020
The RAND Corp. will identify commercial technologies that the Space Force could put into use as well as the potential risks.The two-star general in charge of strategic requirements for the U.S. Space Force is overseeing a study that will examine the capabilities of the commercial space industry.
The study was commissioned in October to the RAND Corp., a federally funded nonprofit think tank. It will identify commercial space technologies that the Space Force could put into use as well as the potential risks of employing commercial systems during an armed conflict.
The one-year study was directed by Maj. Gen. William Liquori when he was director of strategic requirements, architectures and analysis at Air Force Space Command. His office is now part of the U.S. Space Force.
A service spokeswoman told SpaceNews last week that the study is “intended to speed up the modernization of space capabilities in the Space Force.†The goal is to “begin assessing which missions are best suited for commercial applications,†said the spokeswoman. RAND analysts will consider the benefits and risks associated with integrating DoD architectures with commercial space.
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