{"id":50502,"date":"2024-02-28T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/28\/space-futures-command-could-begin-limited-operations-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:51:26","slug":"space-futures-command-could-begin-limited-operations-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2024\/02\/28\/space-futures-command-could-begin-limited-operations-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Futures Command could begin limited operations this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force expects to begin early operations of its new Futures Command before the end of this year, according to the general in charge of establishing the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the service\u2019s chief strategy and resourcing officer, said he hopes to have a task force of 10 to 15 personnel in place by this summer. That team will lay the groundwork for the command with the goal of initial operations before the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll get the team, and they\u2019ll start pulling it together and working through both the administrative [Defense Department] requirements to create a new organization as well as the much harder work of really getting after the tasks associated with it,\u201d Bratton said Feb. 27 at the National Security Space Association\u2019s Defense and Intelligence Space Conference in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/02\/13\/space-force-forms-futures-command-to-validate-mission-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced the creation of the command<\/a> Feb. 12 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/13\/air-force-unveils-command-changes-wing-plans-in-bid-to-outpace-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">organizational changes<\/a> meant to position the Air Force and Space Force to better deter and counter threats from China. The Army has had a futures command to run modernization efforts since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is that as the Space Force matures, it requires a more robust analysis backbone to not only understand what satellites, sensors and ground systems it needs, but also what structures it must have in place to support those capabilities. That includes the military construction, classified facilities, training and operational units that come with a new mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Futures Command will focus on three primary functions, which will be organized into centers. The Concepts and Technology Center will analyze the threat environment and consider what capabilities and forces the service needs to respond to those threats. A Wargaming Center will evaluate potential technologies through tabletop exercises and learning campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third hub, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/10\/new-space-modeling-and-sim-environment-to-boost-cooperation-between-scientists-and-force-designers\/\">the Space Warfighting Analysis Center,<\/a> already exists within the Space Force and is focused on developing models for how the service can apply those capabilities in a future warfighting environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bratton pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/02\/13\/air-force-research-lab-building-momentum-on-cislunar-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\">cislunar operations<\/a> and on-orbit servicing and logistics as two mission areas Space Futures Command may explore in the near term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cislunar refers to the area between geostationary orbit \u2014 about 22,000 miles above Earth \u2014 and the moon. 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