{"id":49566,"date":"2025-03-12T20:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/industry-finding-ways-to-work-with-casr-for-critical-satellite-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:56:46","slug":"industry-finding-ways-to-work-with-casr-for-critical-satellite-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/industry-finding-ways-to-work-with-casr-for-critical-satellite-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Finding Ways to Work With CASR for Critical Satellite Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts from commercial satcom, and remote sensing companies gathered at SATELLITE to talk about the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) program, focusing on partnerships between the U.S. Space Force and industry to prepare for critical satellite infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Caicedo, vice president of Space Domain Awareness and Space Superiority at Kratos Defense &amp; Security Solutions, said that the company\u2019s role is to represent the terrestrial and ground capability. \u201cWe offer a service through our global sensor network that supports a number of different mission areas, from command and control to space domain awareness to space superiority to cyberspace,\u201d he said. \u201cThe government is going to incentivize businesses like ours. That is the important balance that we need to get from a partnership standpoint with the government \u2014 to incentivize companies like ours to invest in the future as well as the present. That\u2019s where industry comes into play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9apgmHRQCugYBeBD5Cyq_VS_ShowDaily20202520Day20420DGTL_-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9apgmHRQCugYBeBD5Cyq_VS_ShowDaily20202520Day20420DGTL_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9apgmHRQCugYBeBD5Cyq_VS_ShowDaily20202520Day20420DGTL_-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9apgmHRQCugYBeBD5Cyq_VS_ShowDaily20202520Day20420DGTL_-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9apgmHRQCugYBeBD5Cyq_VS_ShowDaily20202520Day20420DGTL_.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2025 Day 4 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>One of the characteristics described by the government as it relates to CASR is the notion that the government will buy out the excess capacity upon demand. \u201cExcess capacity is not a commercial business model,\u201d said Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president, Government Strategy and Policy, U.S. Government business unit of Viasat. \u201cThe Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve is a commercially available space resiliency effort provided by commercial capabilities integrated into architectures, and what that ultimately means for when that one bad day happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planet Federal manufactures and operates a large constellation of imaging satellites and provides geospatial intelligence to the U.S. government. \u201cWe\u2019re very much in the fight,\u201d said Jared Newton, senior technology strategist for Planet Federal. \u201cThe scenario for the one bad day presents a real opportunity to operationalize the agile manufacturing capabilities, in particular in the smallsat sector, to be able to respond flexibly to some catastrophic event that\u2019s going to affect everyone, not just the government, but the commercial industry as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The capabilities of CASR need to work seamlessly with the broader architecture than just augmenting \u201clike it\u2019s a simple capability that you can just turn on whenever you need it,\u201d said Caicedo. \u201cIt has to work with the rest of the enterprise at any given moment. If you think you can just wait until the bad day, when you\u2019re in the fog of war, you\u2019re not going to be able to manage through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67a9bd0c7d6;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a67a9bd0c7d6 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67a9bd0c7d7').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a67a9bd0c7d7'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newton talked about the CASR pilot program, which the U.S. Space Force System Command implemented late last year. The command\u2019s strategy is to guide the integration of commercial space solutions to develop technical innovations that supplement or supplant existing government capabilities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll say that paid pilots are always better than unpaid pilots, absolutely,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re doing it in an exercise environment, and that\u2019s great. It allows people to train how they fight, to some extent. But the gap between paying to do that pilot and then investing in having that capability as a commercial thing that you can bring online for a contract that doesn\u2019t exist yet, is a tough sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you start looking at how to pilot an integrated architecture in a constrained environment,\u201d Cowen-Hirsch said, \u201cnot only do you need to have the incentive structure so you have a partnership where there\u2019s skin in the game from both parties, but there\u2019s also benefit-reward on both ends, both from a military application and utility, and then from the commercial business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo said there is a way to be flexible and agile, not only in the capabilities that companies like his bring, but also in responding from a policy and regulation standpoint. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think those two aspects are going to have to be things that the government grapples with,\u201d he said. \u201cI think including that into the dialog with government is going to be important for the government to consider how we are using commercial capabilities, and how it is different from peace time to wartime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We are already under the threat of attack, Cowen-Hirsch said, which puts new emphasis on how to work with government. \u201cIt\u2019s understanding what the relationship with government means, and what the risk proposition is both in terms of how these capabilities are consumed and used. This is a very complex but essential regulatory framework that needs to be considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newton said that he thinks industry and CASR are getting to the point where there probably needs to be some focused conversations in terms of who is really going to participate at scale in CASR. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be 500 companies. It\u2019s going to be a couple of core companies providing capabilities across different pillars. The sooner that those companies are engaging with the government in a tangible way, the better it will be.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 529:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oVqeyFjT8C41A11j7oAc_OGS202-300x183.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oVqeyFjT8C41A11j7oAc_OGS202-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oVqeyFjT8C41A11j7oAc_OGS202-800x487.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/oVqeyFjT8C41A11j7oAc_OGS202-640x390.jpg 640w, 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