Space Force's intelligence ‘marketplace’ gets funds to expand

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Space Force program that buys commercial satellite imagery and analytics has seen success across combatant commands—and with a plus-up from Congress, the service hopes to give commands more information and new tools.Called Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking, or TacSRT, the program began as a pilot in 2023. It provides a “marketplace” where military customers seeking timely intelligence can ask a question and then industry compete