For decades, space-based capabilities delivered strategic value to the operational community, while real-time tactical capabilities came from ground, maritime and airborne sensors. This disconnect is rapidly disappearing in a long-overdue change. As space systems evolve from a strategic asset to a tactical necessity, Joint Force capabilities now depend on space as a vital source of connectivity and intelligence across every domain. 

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Ben Tarr is CEO of Outside Analytics, a division of SMX. With over two decades in national security tech, he’s led innovations in real-time intelligence, space-based sensors and mission-critical data systems.