{"id":1827294,"date":"2023-01-28T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827294"},"modified":"2023-01-28T11:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T16:21:41","slug":"space-forces-support-of-military-ground-operations-remains-a-high-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-forces-support-of-military-ground-operations-remains-a-high-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force\u2019s Support of Military Ground Operations Remains a High Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspace-forces-support-of-military-ground-operations-remains-a-high-priority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FS6xG-hWYAAotnz-scaled-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Frank Calvelli, a top acquisition executive, stated that the Space Force should be focusing on the advancement of satellite systems for military operations on Earth.<\/p>\n<p><span>CHANTILLY, Va. \u2014 There is continuing interest in what role, if any, the U.S. Space Force will play <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceforcejournal.org\/3859-2\/\"><span>Support NASA<\/span><\/a><span> In cislunar or lunar space<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those discussions are worth having but the service for now needs to keep its focus firmly on Earth, building the next generation of satellites for U.S. military operations, the Space Force\u2019s top acquisition executive Frank Calvelli said Jan. 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think we need to stay focused on our current missions and get those done really well,\u201d he said at the National Security Space Association\u2019s defense and intelligence conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, oversees the Space Force\u2019s procurement programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s been talk of what our role in cislunar space is,\u201d He stated. \u201cThat\u2019s an important talk down the road but right now what\u2019s important is tackling our core mission areas, and making sure the architecture is resilient, making sure the architecture is integrated so that [U.S. military operators] can use it effectively.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Integration of space systems and air, ground, and maritime platforms has been a trend. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airuniversity.af.edu\/Wild-Blue-Yonder\/Articles\/Article-Display\/Article\/2226268\/issues-with-the-integration-of-space-and-terrestrial-military-operations\/\"><span>Major challenge for the Space Force<\/span><\/a><span> As military forces become more dependent on satellites, they will be able to perform critical operations. Calvelli explained that connecting space and terrestrial systems gives forces a crucial advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calvelli recognized satellite-based communication, space domain awareness and precision navigation and timing as well as missile warning and tracking. \u201ccore mission areas\u201d Space Force needs to invest in itself and move forward. \u201cWe have really got to take our core mission areas and transform them,\u201d He stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His comments are similar to those made last year, by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, at an industry conference. He stated that going the moon is not currently on the national security priority list. \u201cI don\u2019t see a lot of interest from a defense perspective,\u201d Kendall said, noting that the United States today faces big space security challenges within Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calvelli\u2019s emphasis on providing capabilities for military operations also is reflected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/space-development-agency-renames-constellation-to-reflect-focus-on-u-s-warfighter\/\">Recent decision to change the name<\/a> the Space Development Agency\u2019s planned network of military satellites in low Earth orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The agency\u2019s constellation previously named \u201cNational Defense Space Architecture\u201d The rebranded as \u201cProliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calvelli coined the term \u201cnational defense\u201d was too broad and he wanted the name to reflect SDA\u2019s focus on providing space-based capabilities for U.S. warfighters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiments in cislunar Space<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the Air Force is funding an experiment to explore outer space&#8217;s cislunar regions. The Air Force Research Laboratory plans on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/general-atomics-selected-to-build-satellite-for-afrl-cislunar-mission\/\"><span>Launch a demonstration mission<\/span><\/a><span> In 2025, deep space will be used to track and detect objects in the vicinity of the moon. These objects cannot be seen optically from Earth orbit or satellites in traditional orbits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some in the Space Force believe that the service must be prepared for operations in cislunar spaces in the next ten years, especially if Russia and China seek to establish a presence at the moon to extract material and energy resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe United States and China are currently leading competing multi-nation efforts to send robotics and humans to the Lunar South Pole,\u201d wrote Captain Tyler Bates, a planner at the Space Force\u2019s Space Operations Command.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHelium-3, iron, titanium, thorium, uranium, potassium, and rare earth elements also exist in significant concentrations across the lunar surface,\u201d Bates wrote an article in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airuniversity.af.edu\/AetherJournal\/\"><span>Article published in the last year<\/span><\/a><span> in the Department of the Air Force\u2019s Journal of Strategic Airpower &#038; Spacepower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe United States should not cede access to this emerging economic zone of activity to nations notorious for claiming territory and resources by force or threat of force such as Russia or China,\u201d Bates said. Space Force deployment is necessary to ensure security in the lunar region. \u201cenabling capabilities including satellite communications, position, navigation, and timing, space domain awareness, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance space systems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Calvelli, a top acquisition executive, stated that the Space Force should be focusing on the advancement of satellite systems for military operations on Earth. CHANTILLY, Va. \u2014 There is continuing interest in what role, if any, the U.S. Space Force will play Support NASA In cislunar or lunar space Those discussions are worth having &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1827297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[3945,9533,4505,7229,4157,8689,5088,3723],"class_list":["post-1827294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-forces","tag-ground","tag-military","tag-operations","tag-priority","tag-remains","tag-space","tag-support"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}