The U.S. Department of War is ramping up efforts to expand its space reconnaissance capabilities by turning to the commercial sector. According to a formal request for information published Tuesday by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Pentagon is seeking affordable commercial satellites capable of monitoring other spacecraft in orbit, including conducting close-proximity inspections.<\/p>\n
The initiative, designated the High-Resolution Geosynchronous Optical Space Reconnaissance Project and code-named Ghost Recon, aims to close a significant gap in the nation\u2019s space monitoring infrastructure. According to the DIU solicitation, the War Department currently lacks sufficient satellite assets to conduct high-resolution imaging and persistent surveillance of both allied and adversarial spacecraft operating in geosynchronous orbit.<\/p>\n
Under the terms, these spacecraft would transition to government ownership and operational control after three years. By the four-year mark, they must achieve operational readiness, demonstrating the capacity to execute at least one fly-by mission \u2013 whether sub-synchronous or super-synchronous \u2013 or an inclined-trajectory Design Reference Mission (DRM) per week during their inaugural year of service.<\/p>\n
As DIU officials stated, the strategic objective is to develop relatively low-cost and scalable solutions \u2013 encompassing spacecraft, satellite platforms, and targeted instrumentation \u2013 that can deliver high-resolution imagery and precise object identification in in the geosynchronous orbit regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The U.S. Department of War is ramping up efforts to expand its space reconnaissance capabilities by turning to the commercial sector. According to a formal request for information published Tuesday by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Pentagon is seeking affordable commercial satellites capable of monitoring other spacecraft in orbit, including conducting close-proximity inspections. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1027,3974,2275,3975,817,1822,1581,1824,2660,2176,60,3973],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-facts","tag-defense-innovation-unit","tag-department-of-defense","tag-diu","tag-office-of-defense-innovation","tag-pentagon","tag-space-intelligence","tag-united-states","tag-kosmicheskaja-razvedka","tag-ministerstvo-oborony","tag-pentagon-2","tag-ssha","tag-upravlenie-oboronnyh-innovacij"],"yoast_head":"\n