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Space Force to Field First Space Electromagnetic Warfare Tactical Operations Center, As SIPC Stands Up

Space Force to Field First Space Electromagnetic Warfare Tactical Operations Center, As SIPC Stands Up
A U.S. Air Force crew chief with the 174th Attack Wing checks an MQ-9 Reaper on Mar. 10, 2025 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The MQ-9 were there for the two-week Advanced Wrath exercise featuring U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue operations, and testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory (Air National Guard Photo)

The U.S. Space Force is to field the first space electromagnetic warfare (EW) tactical operations center in the next few months and, over the next year, make advances in space control, orbital warfare (OW) and the surveillance, tracking, and targeting of potential adversary air and space systems, according to Lt. Gen. David Miller, the head of the service's Space Operations Command (SpOC) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. The newly established Space Intelligence Production Cell (SIPC) at Springfield-Beckley Air National…

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