Two leading industry groups told Congress that surging commercial and government demand for satellites, launch and in‑orbit services is outpacing U.S. supply‑chain capacity, and urged lawmakers to act to accelerate manufacturing scale‑up, shorten component lead times and shore up critical suppliers.
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Industry groups warn capacity shortfalls could slow satellite, launch and on‑orbit service deployments at a moment of rapidly rising manifests and recurring demand for orbital services (on‑orbit services growth context).
Congress is being asked to enable faster domestic scale‑up to address persistent supplier bottlenecks, workforce gaps and long lead times documented across the aerospace industrial base (supply‑chain fragility analysis).
If unaddressed, industrial constraints will compound pressure on launch pads, ranges and recovery infrastructure that are already operating near capacity and threatening cadence (launch infrastructure strain).
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AIA & PwC: U.S. Space Supply Chain Nears Inflection Point as Demand Surges • aia-aerospace.org
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• Jacqueline Feldscher