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.

Based on the bill's title, this measure would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to test commercially available orbital data center and space-based cloud computing services for national security and military purposes. The bill appears focused on evaluating whether private-sector space-based computing capabilities can meet Department of Defense operational needs.

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