Spacecom Looks To Improve Capability As Commerce Department Steps Up

Spacecom Commander Gen. James Dickinson.

Spacecom Commander Gen. James Dickinson.

Credit: Dave Jenkins/Spacecom
The nascent plan to shift tracking of debris in space to the civilian U.S. Department of Commerce will give the military’s U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) the ability to increase its focus on the “why” of movement in space by freeing up heavily tasked national assets. The agreement, signed in early...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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