Gen. Hyten Pushes Revamp of Satellite Control Infrastructure

摘要

The head of U.S. Air Force Space Command is pressing ahead with an initiative to commercialize some of the service's satellite operations and move others to a new common ground system. The top-to-bottom review of the Air Force's satellite ground infrastructure is driven in part by budget constraints and emerging threats from China and Russia. Air Force leaders want to use uniformed space personnel more for battle management operations and save money on expensive infrastructure. "Even our newest systems lack required resiliency and survivability," Gen. John Hyten, commander of Space Command, said in a letter to senior subordinates. "We must retool our entire space architecture to one that can be commanded through a robust common platform."