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WASHINGTON \u2014 The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thinks it\u2019s time for America\u2019s military to stop sitting around \u201cstudying the heck\u201d out of its potential space solutions<\/a> and instead begin testing them in orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen. John Hyten<\/a>, a longtime space officer who most recently served as the head of U.S. Strategic Command, also used a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to give an updated timetable on the announcement of U.S. Space Command\u2019s<\/a> headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyten said he is \u201ca little frustrated at our ability to go fast\u201d on new space capabilities, despite the focus in recent years on designing flexible, low-cost systems that should make up the core of the so-called space-based sensor layer<\/a> sought by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The MDA is seeking a sensor layer consisting of a network of satellites in low-Earth orbit to monitor activity on Earth and help track the threat of hypersonic weapons, which Hyten described as a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPut some sensors on some satellites, fly them cheap, fly them fast, see what they can do and then figure out what you need to actually go build,\u201d Hyten said of the systems that can go into low- or medium-Earth orbit. \u201cIf you do that we\u2019ll go infinitely faster, save enormous amounts of time, enormous amounts of money, and you\u2019ll get the capability faster.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s not the way we do it. We try to study the heck out of it to get a perfect answer before we start something. I think that\u2019s crazy,\u201d he said, adding that a 50 percent solution \u201cis good enough\u201d to go start testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems in LEO and MEO are the \u201conly way to get a global capability that is affordable to deter that threat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyten also revealed his belief that the basing decision for Space Command could be as far as a year out, although he noted that the Air Force is in charge of that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it will be sometime in the next year. I can\u2019t tell you exactly when. \u2026 It\u2019s kept very close hold and goes through a very structured process because it becomes so political,\u201d he said \u201cI do know that we need a decision this year sometime. As long as we have it this year sometime, we\u2019ll be OK. \u2026 I hope it happens sooner, but we need it in a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bases in Colorado and California have been identified by the Air Force as potential locations<\/a> for Space Command to set up its headquarters, but lawmakers from Florida are pushing for their state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted a need for the Pentagon to come up with a plan for how to incorporate Army and Navy personnel into the Space Force, as Congress is expecting an answer by the time the fiscal 2022 budget is rolled out \u2014 and lawmakers could force their own views on the Defense Department if the military doesn\u2019t provide a detailed plan. \u201cWe would like to have a voice in that decision, which means we have to do it pretty quick,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capabilities that apply space into a maneuvering unit or a fleet should stay with the current force, Hyten opined, but offices that build, fly or deliver space systems belong in the Space Force going forward. He also called the National Guard a \u201cperfect\u201d partner on the space mission, perhaps even better suited than the active component because of the possibility of standing up Guard units with specific expertise based around commercial hubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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