USSPACECOM and Australian Defence Space Command Sign Enhanced Space Cooperation MOU

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class John Wagner | U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, U.S. Space Command commander, and Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts, commander of the Australian Defence Space Command, sign an enhanced space cooperation memorandum of understanding between USSPACECOM and Australian Defence Space Command at Space Symposium 38 in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 20, 2023. The ESC MOU is a non-legally binding framework for deepened military cooperation in the space domain. Through these cooperative efforts, the United States and Australia will continue to improve coordination and interoperability to maintain freedom of action in space, optimize resources, and enhance mission assurance and resilience. USSPACECOM, working with Allies and partners, plans, executes, and integrates military spacepower into multi-domain global operations in order to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats. (U.S. Space Command photo by Mass Communications Specialist First Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)  

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES

04.20.2023

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United States Space Command

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2023 Release No. 2023-04-04

U.S. Space Command and the Australian Defence Space Command signed an enhanced space cooperation memorandum of understanding (ESC MOU), April 20, 2023.

U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, USSPACECOM commander, and Royal Australian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts, commander of the Australian Defence Space Command, signed the agreement at Space Symposium 38 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The ESC MOU is a non-legally binding framework for deepened military cooperation in the space domain. Through these cooperative efforts, the U.S. and Australia will continue to improve coordination and interoperability to maintain freedom of action in space, optimize resources, and enhance mission assurance and resilience.

A few of the key focus areas within the ESC MOU include force development, combined training and exercises, development and alignment of the space operational disciplines, reciprocal academic and professional education opportunities, modernization and future capabilities development, and enhanced information sharing.

The ESC MOU recognizes the long history of the United States’ and Australia’s close cooperation and mutual interest in the use of space for peaceful purposes.

Media queries should be sent to U.S. Space Command Public Affairs Office at 719-554-3478 or [e-mail].

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• Date Taken: 04.20.2023
• Date Posted: 05.03.2023 12:35
• Story ID: 443925
• Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US