Army crafting a new space policy, moving out on counterspace

 Theresa Hitchens

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The Army's emphasis currently is "on the counterspace piece for space control, electronic warfare, really doing counter-communications," said Brig. Gen. Donald Brooks, deputy commanding general for operations at Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

SMD 2025 — The US Army is working on a new space policy to serve as the “umbrella” for a new Army space strategy and doctrine, as well as the foundation for future requirements and acquisitions, according to a senior service official.

The rewrite of what is known as Army Regulation 900.1 [PDF] is necessary in the face of the changed operational environment in space stemming from advancing adversary threats, Brig. Gen. Donald Brooks, deputy commanding general for operations at Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), told Breaking Defense in an interview on Tuesday

“The last one was written in 2011. And a lot of things have changed over the last 14, almost 15 years,” he said, noting that the previous Army space strategy also was crafted in 2011.

Work on rewriting the policy is being spearheaded by Col. Pete Atkinson, space division chief with the Army’s Strategic Operations Directorate, with SMDC supporting the effort, Brooks added.