From Nextgov.com: Defense says monitoring objects in space becoming more urgent
The military relies on an aging system to track an ever-increasing amount of material orbiting Earth.
Space might not yet have Washington Beltway-style traffic jams, but with more than 21,000 objects in orbit it's becoming crowded, creating what the Defense Department terms a new urgency to improve its awareness of what is floating around the Earth, said top Air Force commanders.