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Space Ground System Vulnerability Concerns Air Force

Pat Host

Friday, January 29th, 2016

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Space Ground System Vulnerability Concerns Air Force

2nd Lt. Melissa Huffman, a collections analyst for 614th Air and Space Operations Center, reviews data received on the Delta II site at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Photo: Air Force.

The ground system is “by far” the most vulnerable portion of the Air Force’s space architecture and that concerns a key service official.Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Principal DoD Space Advisor Winston Beauchamp said Friday the Air Force has “way too many” separate ground control systems as the result of tacking on ground control systems as part of developing space programs. He said, as a result, the Air Force received separate stovepiped ground systems for…

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