A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities relevant to national security space and joint mission requirements, and for other purposes.

Ted Cruz

Republican · TX · Senator

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• John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)Original· 2026-06-04

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

2026-06-04

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The Department of Defense would test whether it can use commercial companies' data centers and cloud computing services located in space to support military operations and national security missions. This pilot program would evaluate whether these space-based services could help the military process information and run systems more effectively than current methods. The test would determine if this approach is practical and beneficial before the military decides whether to use it more widely.

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