In 2021, a new Space Systems Command will start working in the United States
In the United States, preparations for the formation of the Space Systems Command have been completed. In general, the tasks that will face the new structure have already been defined, and the command is expected to begin its work in early 2021. "Newspaper.Ru " - about the next step of the United States to militarize space.
"We have completed the formation of the new command, defined its functions and organizational and staff structure," said John Raymond, head of the Space Operations Department, during a teleconference on December 15.
the space systems command is one of three commands created as part of the new space forces of the us armed forces. The other two are the Space Operations Command and the Space Training and Readiness Command. The Space Operations Command is the first of three, the formation of which was officially announced in October this year.
while the space operations command will manage the orbital constellation of spacecraft, the space systems command will be responsible for the development, procurement and technical support of these systems. The space command training and readiness to train specialists for the new branch of the Armed forces of the United States Space forces.
General John Raymond said that the new Space Systems Command will build on the reforms implemented in SMC 2.0 (Space and Missile Systems Center), which reoriented the Space and Missile Systems Center to a more proactive approach to the procurement of weapons, military and special equipment.
In addition to the SMC, the Space Systems Command will oversee the Office of Rapid Space Capabilities (Space Rapid Capabilities Office) and the Space Development Agency (Space Development Agency), the latter of which operates outside the competence of the US Space Forces, but will become part of them in 2022, writes Defense News.
The US Space Force plans to submit its final proposals for the structure and size of the Space Systems Command to the US Secretary of the Air Force in the coming weeks. With only two weeks left in the calendar year, John Raymond said he plans to create a new organizational and staffing structure in early 2021.
On the creation of a new, sixth type of the US armed forces-the Space Forces, which should be independent and have equal rights with the rest of the US Armed Forces-the decision was made in 2018 by US President Donald Trump.
He signed the corresponding government order on June 18, the document contains instructions to the Pentagon on the creation of Space Forces. The changes could lead to a radical transformation of the US Armed Forces.
"This document directs the Department of Defense and the Pentagon to immediately begin the process of creating Space Forces as the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces," Donald Trump said during a meeting at the US National Space Council in June 2018.
"this is a very large-scale and important statement. we have an air force, and we are going to create a space force. it will be a separate branch of the armed forces, but equal in rights with all others. this will be a very important type of the us armed forces, " donald trump added at the time.
future wars, according to the military and political leadership of the united states, will be fought not only in the air, on land and at sea, but also in space and cyberspace.
Mikhail Khodarenok