H.R. 10972
Tests commercial orbital data centers for military use
Requires the Defense Department to run a pilot program testing commercially built data centers and cloud computing in orbit for national security space missions.
- Pilot must start within one year of the bill becoming law and ends five years after
- Tests in-space processing for uses like intelligence, space awareness, and command and control
- Services handling classified data must meet cybersecurity and backup requirements
- Defense officials must brief Congress by December 31, 2028 on results and recommendations
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