{"id":28464,"date":"2020-10-01T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/01\/the-space-force-to-establish-new-acquisitions-command-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:35:02","slug":"the-space-force-to-establish-new-acquisitions-command-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/10\/01\/the-space-force-to-establish-new-acquisitions-command-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force to establish new acquisitions command in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S Space Force plans to stand up a new command to oversee all of the service\u2019s acquisitions in 2021, although that timeline is dependent on identifying the space-related parts of the other military branches that will be transferred into<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2019\/12\/21\/may-the-space-force-be-with-you-heres-what-we-know-about-the-us-militarys-newest-service\/\" target=_blank> the nation\u2019s newest service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force announced in June that it will be made up of three field commands \u2014 Space Operations Command; Space Training and Readiness Command; and Space Systems Command \u2014 with the latter charged with developing, acquiring and sustaining systems for the Space Force. Space Systems Command will oversee both the Space and Missile Systems Center, which currently procures most of the service\u2019s space-related platforms, and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe anticipate standing that up in 2021, probably sooner rather than later. We\u2019re working on those final details,\u201d Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson said during a Defense One event Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/06\/30\/heres-how-the-space-force-will-be-organized\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3177972.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s how the Space Force will be organized<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Space Force will be comprised of three major commands devoted to training, procurement and operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, Space Systems Command is set to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/01\/21\/space-development-agency-on-track-to-become-part-of-space-force-in-2022-director-says\/\" target=_blank>new home of the Space Development Agency in October 2022<\/a>, bringing the ambitious organization under the Space Force\u2019s purview. The agency was launched in 2019 and has quickly moved forward with plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/07\/24\/what-will-the-space-development-agency-really-do\/\" target=_blank>establish a mega-constellation of satellites operating in low Earth orbit<\/a>. The agency\u2019s planned transport layer \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/31\/space-development-agency-orders-its-first-satellites\/\" target=_blank>a space-based mesh network comprised of satellites<\/a> connected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2020\/01\/16\/the-pentagon-wants-help-for-its-satellites-to-talk-to-each-other\/\" target=_blank>optical intersatellite crosslinks<\/a> \u2014 is set to play a major part in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/05\/06\/how-low-earth-orbit-satellites-will-enable-jadc2\/\" target=_blank> Pentagon\u2019s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new command will act as a unifying force, said Thompson, removing unnecessary duplication between organizations while encouraging healthy competition in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to duplicate, but we\u2019re certainly interested in the energy that comes from competing ideas and competing designs and competing approaches to a problem,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unifying space acquisitions and activities under a single service was a major justification for the establishment of the Space Force. However, details on which organizations, functions and platforms will be absorbed has been scant, as talks continue between the services and Department of Defense leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe absolute final decision hasn\u2019t been made,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cWe have been engaged in this process for several months now. We\u2019re getting close to the decisions that need to be made in terms of transfer of some of those functions and capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/05\/21\/space-force-lays-out-acquisitions-reforms-in-new-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46770931054_007f174377_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Force lays out acquisitions reforms in new report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The report calls for the consolidation of budget line items along mission portfolios, incremental funding for satellites, and delegating milestone decision authority, among other things.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a tremendous amount that the Space Force and the Air Force and the Army and the Navy working together with [the Office of the Secretary of Defense] have already agreed on,\u201d Thompson added. \u201cOne is the capabilities and forces that will stay in place where they are to continue to do the activities that are space-related, the set of activities that are prepared to move over; and then there\u2019s a couple, there\u2019s a few, units and functions left that we haven\u2019t reached full agreement on, and we\u2019re in the process of finalizing the data and the information that will allow the decision-makers to decide the final disposition \u2014 whether they\u2019ll stay or whether they\u2019ll move to the Space Force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force largely completed this process with the Air Force in the spring, said Thompson, with 23 units or functions selected for transition into the new service. Much of the planning and execution of that transfer has already been completed, and the Space Force has gone on to identify other organizations and capabilities that should be brought into their fold, including two Air Force units and two more from the intelligence community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plans are expected to be finalized for the other services in the near future, with Thompson teasing that an announcement was likely before the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe target that the leadership in the DoD has given us is we want to be able to make decisions so that we can execute planning in FY2021 and begin facilitating moves in 2022,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space Systems Command will be launched sooner rather than later, says Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. 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