February 26, 2025, marked a public checkpoint for space-based laser communications inside the Department of Defense because the Government Accountability Office released a detailed assessment of the Space Development Agency’s optical link effort for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The report’s central finding was direct: the Space Development Agency had taken steps to develop the technology but had not yet fully demonstrated it i…
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