After decades of using space-based capabilities (GPS, MILSTAR, etc.) to support global operations, potential adversaries are now challenging US and allied capabilities in the space domain itself. In response, the Space Force is in the process of "re-optimizing" for Great Power Competition. Key initiatives include redesigning career paths for Guardians to enable them to meet high-tech operational demands; implementing new Space Force readiness standards, including new exercises; and formalizing Space Force Combat Squadrons as its primary unit of action, similar to an Army Brigade Combat Team or a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The Space Force is also standing up the Space Futures Command not only to develop systems that use space but also to develop weapons systems that help establish Space Superiority. As it re-optimizes, the Space Force is gradually disclosing more information about its orbital warfare concept. The EMS plays a huge role in in space operations, and it will certainly play a major role in orbital warfare.
Today at 2:45 PM in Potomac A, Dr. Shawana P. Johnson, CEO of Global Geospatial Insights, will lead a panel that will discuss "EW Operations in Space."
For more background on this topic see:
AOC Webinar: How to Fight and Win Space Wars - An Introduction, March 14, 2024 (Requires AOC membership)
AOC Webinar: EW in Space, Aug. 17, 2023 (Requires AOC Membership)