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September 15, 2015

DOD starting new entity for sharing space information
Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2015
A Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center is being created by the U.S. military for better information sharing. The center, with the acronym JICSpOC, is to be located at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. It is being established by the Department of Defense in conjunction with the U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Space Command, and the intelligence community. The new JICSpOC, the Defense Department said, will improve processes and procedures to ensure data fu ... read more

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