{"id":37806,"date":"2025-04-15T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/15\/space-force-ramps-up-uk-partnership-with-civilian-exchange-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:22:24","slug":"space-force-ramps-up-uk-partnership-with-civilian-exchange-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2025\/04\/15\/space-force-ramps-up-uk-partnership-with-civilian-exchange-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force ramps up UK partnership with civilian exchange program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The United States and the United Kingdom have established a new joint exchange program between their space programs encouraging civilian employees to expand their knowledge of the field, officials announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first-of-its-kind collaboration between U.S. Space Systems Command, or SSC, and U.K. Space Command will broaden a burgeoning space domain alliance between the two nations by enabling professionals to learn new skills, according<\/a> to a joint release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur civilian and military Guardians and Airmen deserve our investment in their careers,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, SSC commander. \u201cBy offering opportunities to strengthen and grow our workforce through programs such as APEP, we get after exactly that objective. In order to develop a world-class workforce, we must continue to partner to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Space Systems Command, operating under a $15.6 billion DOD budget, is the field command for the U.S. Space Force. U.K. Space Command performs a similar function for the U.K.\u2019s Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The civilian exchange program agreement \u2014 using the already established Administrative and Professional Exchange Program as its foundation \u2014 falls under the U.S. Defense Personnel Exchange Program, an initiative allowing individuals to \u201cexchange positions with their counterparts in another organization,\u201d even across different countries, to gain a new understanding of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first U.S. civilian to participate in the program, Tara Browne, Space Systems Command\/International Affairs deputy division chief for strategy and plans, arrived in the U.K. earlier this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\t