WASHINGTON — In a new sign of growing concern over China and Russia’s space activities, two senators unveiled bipartisan legislation Wednesday to deepen military space cooperation between the U.S. and its Indo-Pacific allies.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who sits on the Armed Services Committee, introduced the Quad Space Act, a bill aimed at strengthening strategic coordination in space among the United States, Australia, India, and Japan — the four nations of the informal Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or “Quad.”
“As China and Russia rapidly develop dangerous space capabilities and behave recklessly in space,” Bennet said in a statement, “the United States must bolster cooperation with our Quad partners t