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.
The Army's emphasis currently is "on the counterspace piece for space control, electronic warfare, really doing counter-communications," said Brig. Gen. Donald Brooks, deputy commanding general for operations at Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
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SPACECOM now has "joint integrated space teams" at the other 10 combat commands to support the Joint Force, Gen. Jim Dickinson, the command's head, said.
"We do not intend to fly satellites in the Army," said Rick De Fatta, director of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence.
"Now we're just really working out the details for the timing that that will happen, and how frankly how it will happen," Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, Army SMDC commander, says.
Several experts said the decision shouldn't be that big of a surprise, given that Huntsville had been poised to win the first contest -- in part due to its much lower cost of living, as well as plenty of available office and housing space.
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Joint All-Domain Command & Control "will fundamentally change how we fight as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip," Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says.
This is part of a larger Army effort, launched in November by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, to map out the service's future space endeavors.
"They're cleaning up a bit of 'the who's in charge' of deciding which mode is a particular sensor going to be in on any given time of the day," one Pentagon expert said of the UCP's changes to SPACECOM's roles.
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"When testing is complete, and IBCS can link all of our missile different systems together, that's going to be an enormous step forward," said Adm. Chas Richard.
“I spent the first 15 years of my career walking around in a lab with a laser, saying ‘does anyone want this…’ and the warfighter [kept] going ‘that’s adorable,’” Craig Robin recalled ruefully. “Just recently there’s been a tremendous pull [because] we simply just got out it into the user’s hands and they recognized the value.”
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"I like Dr. Griffin, but he should have come back to us and talked to us before he made that decision," complained Rep. Mike Rogers about funds for space-base sensors shifting to SDA.