Space RCO Seeks New Ways For Military Payloads To Hitch Ride

Brian Everstine August 17, 2023
Credit: Space Rapid Capabilities Office
The U.S. Space Force’s secretive office charged with rapid acquisition is looking for new ways for military payloads to hitch a ride on commercial space vehicles to geosynchronous orbit and possibly beyond. The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) on Aug. 17 released a request for information (RFI)...
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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