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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 4-20 mission, launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 4, 2022. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon contracting with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide satellite communication capabilities for Ukraine

The Pentagon is buying satcom capabilities from SpaceX’s Starlink to aid the Ukrainian military in its war with Russia, DefenseScoop has learned.
A U.S. Airman assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia assembles a communication flyaway kit and Ranger SATCOM terminal to establish network connectivity at Cairo West Air Base on June 27, 2022 as part of exercise Agile Phoenix. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Glen Flanagan)

Pentagon CIO issues implementation plan to guide enterprise SATCOM capabilities

The plan heavily takes into account that the Department of Defense is working more closely with commercial and international partners for global satellite communications to power JADC2.
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