119th Congress · House bill · Last action Nov 10, 2026
H.R. 10972In Committee
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael (R-TX)Introduced Nov 10, 2026
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Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) requires the Defense Department to run a pilot program testing commercial orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing for national security and military operations. The bill directs evaluation of these commercially available capabilities under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to determine their relevance to defense needs.
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