SpaceX signed a contract with NRO for the classified program in 2021, according to Reuters.
SpaceX is working with the National Reconnaissance Office to build a classified system of swarming spy satellites, according to a report published by Reuters. And while the $1.8 billion contract was reportedly signed in 2021, news of the program’s ties to NRO just leaked on Saturday—a great reminder that it’s entirely possible for some tech companies to do highly classified work for years without the public learning about it.
military has become on Musk. And the leak of this latest contract between SpaceX and NRO proves the public probably doesn’t know the half of it. As Reuters explained in the new report on Saturday: The network is also intended to greatly expand the U.S.
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