Strategy seeks to bring commercial space industry, DoD together [Video]

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week released its long-awaited strategy for working more closely with private industry in space.

The Department of Defense (DoD) says the commercial space sector is developing capabilities and services that have the potential to support national security.

The new strategy aims to lower barriers that prevent the DoD from integrating commercial space capabilities into military operations.

The unclassified, first-ever “Commercial Space Integration Strategy,” released Tuesday, seeks to leverage advancements in commercial space technology, and the private sector’s innovation capabilities that the government lacks.

“Right now, it’s very clear across the department that the commercial sector has the ability to move at a faster speed than we can move in many ways, bringing innovation in ways that maybe don’t match our normal pace,” said John Plumb, the assistant secretary of Defense for Space Policy.

The strategy calls for …