"There's a great symbiosis here," said Lt. Col. Stefan Katz. "The crews from the 76th are focused on today's tasking, today's situation, today's mission and objectives, and the 4th [on] thinking longer term, and what are the implications."
China's "space weaponry" arsenal "includes missiles that launch from the Earth that go up and destroy satellites, it includes lasers, it includes jammers, it includes a whole magazine of diversity for that," a top Space Force officer said.
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
Not all analysts charged with space-related intel work at the legacy NASIC will move to the new office, sources tell Breaking Defense.
HPSCI cites the "increasingly complex" space environment as the rationale for the new National Space Intelligence Center.
"While our adversaries have rapidly advanced a great spectrum of threats ... that are intended to defeat US space capabilities, we're only beginning to get our act together," said Jeff Gossel, senior intelligence engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
"I want to be able to identify what [the threat] is, I want to be able to attribute it to whomever is the adversary that's taken that shot, as an example, and then, I've got to be able to share that information," says Maj. Gen. Leah Lauderback, who heads the ISR Directorate.
The jet-powered transport’s speed, survivability and multi-mission agility position it as a viable option to the C-130 for the US and NATO allies.