May 12, 2021

Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission

Featuring: Sarah Mineiro

Source: Defense One

Journalist: Tara Copp

A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could keep providing a clear picture of ground movement when the fleet of outfitted Boeing 707s encounters a highly contested environment. The Space Force has now taken on that challenge.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond announced Wednesday the service is “building out” a Ground Moving Target Indicator, or GMTI, that would operate from space.

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Author

  • Sarah Mineiro

    Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program

    Sarah Mineiro is a Principal at Potomac Advocates, a premier defense, intelligence, space, science and technology research and consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. Sarah ...