Space & Missile Defense Command has been pushing to make space a formal "military occupation specialty" for enlisted personnel wishing to specialize, and has submitted a proposal to that effort to Army personnel leaders to that effect.
The Space Force's Delta 3 is responsible for organizing, training and equipping Guardians for electronic warfare missions involving satellite communications, as well as sustaining related offensive and defensive EW systems.
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Among the exercise scenarios, Red Skies will look at how Space Force operators will handle threatening close approaches by adversary satellites.
“I'm not gonna do anything capriciously or just with a sledgehammer here,” DoD CIO John Sherman said, as he seeks to "make sure the government is getting the best value for our dollar and the very best mission outcome."
"[The electromagnetic spectrum is] like the oxygen that surrounds us right now. You don't have a choice. You are in it," the Air Force's director of EMS superiority said.
The new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.
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"Today's EMS Superiority Strategy combined our electromagnetic warfare and spectrum equities for the first time ever,” said Vice Chairman John Hyten. "The Strategy's I-Plan sets us on a path to dominate the future battle space. We are determined to get there and achieve spectrum superiority in all domains."
The markup comes at a pivotal moment for the US as it intensifies competition -- while seeking to avoid conflict -- with China, in particular, which senior department officials refer to as the US's "pacing threat."
Prototypes should provide "a radically new set of capabilities," according to DISA. "This work has never been done before within the DoD and requires a novel approach."
"The Department of Defense officially recognizes five domains of warfare," Rep. Langevin said. "For four of those domains, the senior civilian is a service secretary. Cyber has a deputy assistant secretary, which is four rungs lower than the other warfighting domains. Why does this make sense?"
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