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>Space Force foresees need for fast response launch vehicles and in-space logistics
>“It’s essential that we invest in those capabilities and concepts now in anticipation of a more complex environment,” said Col. Casey Beard
>“The needs to rapidly deploy, reconstitute, recover and sustain space based capabilities will increase,” Beard said Aug. 12 in an interview with Bill Woolf, president of the Space Force Association.
>“The space domain will only become more complex and dynamic,” Beard said. “Our ability to continue to access the domain regardless of what threats or challenges we face is an imperative for national defense.”
>Dozens of companies in the space industry are developing small launchers, orbital transport vehicles, on-orbit satellite servicing systems and other technologies in anticipation of government demand for these capabilities.

https://spacenews.com/space-force-foresees-need-for-fast-response-launch-vehicles-and-in-space-logistics/