Space "Key Enabler" for Army Transformation

Abstract

The Army is and will remain the largest user among the Services of Space-based capabilities. The Interim and Legacy forces already leverage overhead constellations of military and civilian Space platforms for intelligence, communications, attack warning, weather and position, timing, and navigation. The Objective Force will exploit the full potential of these systems. Operational simultaneity, situational understanding, precise and tactically responsive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and assured communications are implicit in the Objective Force Operational Concept, and will depend on successful mid- and far-term development of overhead architectures, systems and platforms. The Objective Force will also rely heavily on the Joint Force's ability to assure our access to Space resources while denying them to the enemy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA525758

Entities

People

  • Joseph M. Cosumano Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Stations
  • Infrastructure
  • Line Of Sight
  • Logistics Support
  • Military Capabilities
  • Navigation
  • Reconnaissance
  • Satellite Communications
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • Surveillance

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites