The Pentagon has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy craft.
The Pentagon will also increase the amount of imagery purchased from private companies operating similar satellites already in the sky.
The decision last week caps months of wrangling between the Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Intelligence Directors Office and the Office of the Secretary of Defense over whether to buy and operate commercial satellites, or to pump the money into buying dramatically more imagery from the commercial companies that already have similar satellites in orbit.
The Pentagon will also increase the amount of imagery purchased from private companies operating similar satellites already in the sky.
The decision last week caps months of wrangling between the Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Intelligence Directors Office and the Office of the Secretary of Defense over whether to buy and operate commercial satellites, or to pump the money into buying dramatically more imagery from the commercial companies that already have similar satellites in orbit.
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