Politics & Government
Cape Cod Space Force Station Gets Robotic Security Dog
Cape Canaveral was the first Space Force base to receive the robotic K-9 security system, but Cape Cod's base is the second. What to know.
BOURNE, MA — Some security dogs are built differently than others. In the case of Cape Cod Space Force Station's "Spot", that is, quite literally, the case.
"Spot" is not, in fact, a dog. Spot is an "unmanned ground vehicle" that was received by the station as an upgrade to the base's security system. Officials there expect it to be operational by 2024.
According to a news release, the 6th Space Warning Squadron Security Forces unit at Cape Cod Space Force Station will be in charge of operating the new technology, making Cape Cod only the second base to institute the updated security, after Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Officials said this move will improve mission effectiveness and have a significant role in the safety and security of Cape Cod’s ground base radomes.
Cape Cod's station is home to the 6th Space Warning Squadron, which provides "timely and accurate missile warning and space surveillance data to the U.S., its allied leaders, and its 140-member team," officials said.
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It is the sole, land-based, East coast space warning unit in the United States.
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