army space

Army gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites

The Army's space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting "stratospheric warfare," Col. Joe Mroszcyck told Breaking Defense.

Army budget prioritizes counterspace for first time

Brig. Gen. Donald Brooks, deputy commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), said the command's plan to stand up a new Space Branch is now "in the approval process" at the senior service level.

To attack enemy space capabilities, Army eyes doubling expert cadre

"We're very much complimentary to the Space Force and to the other services, but we truly do see space as that critical component to set the theater well in advance of phase one operations," Col. Donald Brooks, commandant of the Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence, told Breaking Defense. "When the first round is shot, the missile is shot, space needs to be there months, if not years, in advance to help set those conditions."

The Army has a vital role in space, and it continues to grow

Col. Pete Atkinson and Maj. Gen. Jake Kwon, two key officers who handle space issues for the Army, offer a formal rebuttal of criticisms that the Army should hand over its entire space architecture to the Space Force.

Army moves to expand ‘space control’ planning, ‘interdiction’ capabilities

"As we look out into 2030, we know from all the Army warfighting concepts that we have to grow space capability, and we have to grow air defense missiles," SMD Commander Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey said.

Newly created Army cyber/space office to focus on streamlining efforts, building out talent

“I think our focus right now is we have to grow fast…And that’s done through good hiring actions…it’s also the retention of employees that we have," Christopher Green said. "I want to make sure we build a culture where people want to come to work everyday, they want to stay with us and they want to help us build our capabilities.”