How The U.S. Can Stay Ahead Of China In Space-Based Sensing

Satellite image of island with runway

Commercial remote sensing is one dimension of a broader space competition between the U.S. and China.

Credit: Planet Labs
In May 2022, the National Reconnaissance Office awarded its largest-ever commercial imagery contracts, spanning 10 years and worth billions of dollars, to three providers. The Electro-Optical Commercial Layer was lauded as a historic expansion of the agency’s acquisition of commercial imagery. Two...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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