Bluestaq has made an announcement that it has received a $280 million contract from the US Space Force. The amount will be used in the development and data integration at the Unified Data Library (UDL) as reported by Spacenews.com
In 2018 the UDL was started with the goal to provide a single location for data and to help simplify data rights management. It started when Bluestaq received an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop the concept. The initial
The UDL is a joint initiative of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. The Cloud-based platform hosts Space situational awareness data from dozens of commercial, academic, and government organizations and provides a digital storefront for users of the data.
Air Force leaders have addressed the UDL as a breakthrough that allows commercial Space data to be made available to military users.
