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Space Force Pushes for Enhanced Collaboration on SDA

9/19/2025

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Gen. Chance Saltzman of the Space Force advocates for a comprehensive program to improve space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities.
He stresses collaboration with the commercial sector to prevent operational surprises.
The Joint Commercial Operations (JCO) cell is reorganizing to incorporate commercial SDA data into military operations.
JCO aims to evolve from a test bed to a stable framework for sharing SDA information.
The Unified Data Library (UDL) will be enhanced for improved data sharing with operational systems.

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Story summary

Gen. Chance Saltzman of the Space Force advocates for a comprehensive program to improve space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities.
He stresses collaboration with the commercial sector to prevent operational surprises.
The Joint Commercial Operations (JCO) cell is reorganizing to incorporate commercial SDA data into military operations.
JCO aims to evolve from a test bed to a stable framework for sharing SDA information.
The Unified Data Library (UDL) will be enhanced for improved data sharing with operational systems.