Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said the service branch is building a virtual environment to train guardians on countering adversaries’ attempts to undermine U.S. space missions, Defense One reported Wednesday.
Saltzman said U.S. adversaries like China have been working to jeopardize the U.S. military’s missile warning, satellite communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in space.
“The Space Force has been stood up to protect those capabilities, and also protect the joint force from an emerging set of capabilities that the adversary is putting on orbit to threaten and target our joint forces on air, land, and sea,” Saltzman said.
The official previously announced that the Space Force’s budget proposal for 2024 will include approximately $340 million for creating an operational testing and training infrastructure.
The OTTI will include ranges and simulators, testing equipment and digital engineering efforts.
