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In order to stay ahead of China in the space domain, the US needs to increase investment in its infrastructure and develop stronger relationships with allies and partners, according to an official from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

Steven Butow, DIU’s Space Portfolio director, said increasing investment in “both physical and digital infrastructure” and having strong ties to its allies will help in “building the space economy” of the US and in times of war. It’ll also require bringing in all the different space-related efforts from agencies under one effort.

Butow’s comments come after an August report [PDF] spearheaded in part by DIU with the Space Force, Air Force and Air Force Research Laboratory that said China was on track to outpace the US as the leading space power by 2045. The report, fourth in a series stemming from an annual workshop of more than 350 industry and government participants, promoted a “North Star” vision for the US that focuses on economic development and human settlement in space.

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