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SPACECOM exploring tech for future offensive cislunar ops, chief scientist says

In March 2025, the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command and the Air Force Research Laboratory completed the Oracle-M Hot Fire Test at Edwards Air Force Base, California as part of a mission to monitor and track objects as they traverse cislunar space. (U.S. Space Force photo by AFRL)
By Theresa Hitchens •

Developing capabilities for operations in cislunar space, including offensive space control, is among the top new science and technology (S&T) priorities for U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), according to the command’s top scientist.

David Denhard, SPACECOM’s chief scientist and technical advisor, told the State of the Space Industrial Base (SSIB) conference in New Mexico on Thursday that operations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit (xGEO) are on the command’s “what’s hot for tomorrow” list of S&T activities he approved earlier this month.

“Cislunar and xGEO is important to us,” Denhard said. 

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