“We’re going to make sure we’re working closely with the commercial sector and leveraging all that commercial space capability.” 8 at an Aspen Security Forum in Washington. The Chinese know that, and we’re going to lean into that,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Dec. “We have in the United States by far the most resilient commercial space enterprise anywhere in the world. To win this race, DoD intends to tap commercial innovation.
national defense strategy document the Pentagon released in October calls China a “pacing challenge” that threatens to surpass the United States in defense and space technologies. Like other commercial players, SpaceX is eyeing opportunities fueled by the United States’ “great-power competition” with China and Russia. SpaceX quietly unveiled Starshield last month offering defense and intelligence agencies custom-built spacecraft, sensors, and secure communications services leveraging SpaceX’s investment in its Starlink network of broadband satellites. national security launches, it is seeking a bigger share of the defense market with a new product line called Starshield. Now that SpaceX has established itself as a leading provider of U.S.
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