So the Silent Barker program was designed to help that. Right. Help improve the space domain awareness. And so it was an obvious teaming arrangement between the NRO and Space Force. And, you know, The vehicles are on orbit. It's going to be a critical, critical capability with additional capability coming in the future. And so it's been, it's. It's been a great, it's been a great partnership. You know, the. To be honest, these are about lessons learned. (25:51–25:59)

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Troy Meink: “The vehicles are on orbit. It's going to be a critical…”