WASHINGTON — Amazon Web Services is increasing its effort to sell cloud services to the space industry through the formation of a dedicated business segment called “Aerospace and Satellite Solutions.” “AWS is committed to supporting our customers’ missions, even those outside the Earth’s atmosphere,” Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, said during a virtual summit June 30. “The Earth and space-based systems that we build now will inform nearly every decision we make in the years to come. We want to bring all those AWS tools to bear to help our customers succeed in space.” Clint Crosier, a retired Air Force Major General who helped establish and provided early guidance to the U.S. Space Force, will lead the division, AWS said. AWS counts Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, synthetic aperture radar startup Capella Space and geospatial intelligence and analysis company Geollect as customers for its cloud services. The Aerospace and Satellite Solutions
