{"id":22757,"date":"2022-01-19T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/19\/us-space-force-wants-funding-for-a-new-mission-tracking-ground-targets\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:12:40","slug":"us-space-force-wants-funding-for-a-new-mission-tracking-ground-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/01\/19\/us-space-force-wants-funding-for-a-new-mission-tracking-ground-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force wants funding for a new mission \u2014 tracking ground targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Space Force wants to take on a new mission \u2014 tracking ground targets with space-based sensors \u2014 and the service expects to wrap up a review and requesting funding for the effort in fiscal 2024, according to the service\u2019s top official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond said last February the service was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/02\/03\/the-space-force-is-considering-adopting-a-tactical-geoint-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cthinking through\u201d its role<\/a> in the tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission and in May, speaking at the annual McAleese Conference, he revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/05\/12\/a-new-constellation-space-force-wants-to-get-into-tactical-satellite-imagery-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously classified effort to develop a space-based ground moving target indicator, or GMTI, capability<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a role here for the Space Force in tactical level ISR,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI really believe that this is an area that we\u2019ll begin to migrate to because we can do it, and we can do it in a way that doesn\u2019t break the bank and is focused on our joint and coalition partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Raymond said the Space Force expects to complete a review of those capabilities this spring and request funding for the effort in fiscal 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raymond said during a Mitchell Institute event Tuesday the service\u2019s force design hub \u2014 the Space Warfighting Analysis Center \u2014 has been working with the intelligence community and across the Defense Department to study options for a future space-based GMTI program that is complementary to what other agencies provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want to duplicate,\u201d Raymond said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to spend $1 wasted on doing something that we don\u2019t have to if somebody else is already doing it. We\u2019ve done that before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Reconnaissance Office and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have traditionally taken the lead on space-based intelligence gathering and image processing but growing demand for tactical ISR products coupled with reduced satellite production and launch costs have shifted that paradigm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/05\/01\/army-approves-rapid-development-of-tactical-space-layer\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Army is also developing a Tactical Space Layer<\/a> to provide users on the ground with beyond-line-of-sight targeting information and the Space Development Agency is building a transport layer based in low Earth orbit that would serve as a mesh network, connecting commercial imaging satellites with the Tactical Space Layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raymond didn\u2019t offer details on what the study has revealed about the Space Force\u2019s role in the mission, noting that the SWAC team would wrap up its work by late this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, lawmakers want to limit how much money the Pentagon can spend on GMTI efforts until the department completes a program-by-program review of all \u201cestablished and planned\u201d GMTI initiatives, according to language in a joint explanatory statement that accompanied the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond GMTI, Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. 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