Today at Potomac Officers Club’s Air & Space Summit, Kepler U.S. Vice President Caitlin Marsh led a thoughtful panel discussion on the future of more resilient, connected, and mission-ready space infrastructure. We brought together important perspectives on the work ahead and the role collaboration plays in advancing the industry. Thank you to everyone who joined Caitlin Marsh and contributed to our panel: • Justin Langlois, Deputy Director, Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) •Sandra Auchter, Director of Commercial Operations Group, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) • Salem El Nimri, Chief of Space Technology, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Explore solutions with Kepler: https://kepler.space/ #SpaceTech #Optical #MissionOperations #POCAS2026
Companies that demonstrate how they gather, track and secure data would make officials at intelligence community agencies like the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency more comfortable with data interoperability. Sandra Auchter, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director of commercial operations, said during the Connecting Constellations panel discussion at the 2026 Air and Space Summit that some companies don't like how agencies want to examine data and examine its provenance as it can slow down acquisition. Auchter said companies showing how they gather, track and secure data would help toward developing communications standards. Thanks to Kepler Communications Inc.'s Caitlin Marsh for moderating this interesting discussion and thanks to Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s Salem El Nimri for participating. #POCAS2026