{"id":22721,"date":"2019-08-21T00:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T00:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/21\/who-will-control-intel-satellites-during-a-battle-in-space\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:55:41","slug":"who-will-control-intel-satellites-during-a-battle-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2019\/08\/21\/who-will-control-intel-satellites-during-a-battle-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will control intel satellites during a battle in space?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For years, experts have warned that the jurisdictional firewalls between the intelligence community<\/a> and the Pentagon over space assets were holding the United States back from harnessing its full capabilities on orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, a new detente has been reached between the two sides, but whether this marks a new status quo or just another layer of bureaucracy remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council Aug. 20, Joseph Maguire, acting director of national intelligence, announced that after \u201cmonths\u201d of analysis by the intel community and the Pentagon on how best to integrate with the new U.S. Space Command, a new group is being stood up to integrate the two sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe intelligence community and Department of Defense have agreed to align U.S. Space Command and the [National Reconnaissance Office] into a new unified defense concept of operations at the National Space Defense Center,\u201d Maguire said. \u201cAs part of U.S. Space Command, the National Space Defense Center is a joint DoD-intelligence community organization and will become the center of gravity for defending our vital interests in space.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t