U.S., close allies creating joint ‘orbital warfare’ plan: SPACECOM chief

U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) and its six closest space-savvy allies expect to complete a joint plan for conducting future “orbital warfare” by the end of the year, SPACECOM Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said.

Like the U.S. military, the allied militaries participating in SPACECOM’s Multinational Force Operation Olympic Defender (MF-OOD) have been internally discussing “the need for protect and defend capabilities, orbital warfare capabilities.” Thus, the group decided the time has come to figure out how to work together via a collective concept of operations (CONOPS), he told the Mitchell Institute.

“[W]e are in the process now of building a defense of orbital assets CONOPS together. So, how do we leverage all these capabilities that these nations will be bringing with our capabilities to deconflict them at a minimum, but really we want to be able to integrate them, synchronize them and synergize them going forward,” Whiting said.

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