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Chief of Space Operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/2022\/01\/19\/us-space-force-wants-funding-for-a-new-mission-tracking-ground-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gen. Jay Raymond said in January<\/a> the service would likely request funding for a new program in fiscal 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those studies have concluded, and Air Force acquisition executive Andrew Hunter told reporters July 16 they confirmed the important role space will play in the GMTI mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpace is where we need to go,\u201d Hunter said during a media briefing at the Royal International Air Tattoo here. \u201cIt is our expectation that we can deliver pretty quickly on those capabilities \u2014 and we need to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is on a path to divest its primary GMTI platform, the aging E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, retiring its first JSTARS aircraft in February. 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Eric Felt, who recently transitioned from his role as head of the Air Force Research Laboratory\u2019s Space Vehicles Directorate to a new position in the Space Force acquisition executive\u2019s office, recently told C4ISRNET that while the GMTI capability is within reach,<b> <\/b>the military must work toward more advanced space-based ISR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AFRL has been working behind the scenes on<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\"> space-based tracking technology<\/a> for years, and the Space Force revealed last year it had been working with the lab since 2018 on a classified GMTI program, which will lay the foundation for a future effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be a growing space role over time,\u201d Felt said in a June 24 interview at AFRL\u2019s Space Vehicles Directorate in Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u201cTo get it at scale, where you can see everything of interest, everywhere, all the time and in real time, that\u2019ll take a little bit longer. 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