{"id":46703,"date":"2026-07-17T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-force-chief-nominee-schiess-counts-moving-target-indication-among-top-priorities\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:19:37","slug":"space-force-chief-nominee-schiess-counts-moving-target-indication-among-top-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-force-chief-nominee-schiess-counts-moving-target-indication-among-top-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force Chief Nominee Schiess Counts Moving Target Indication Among Top Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force<\/strong> Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) during his nomination to become the third chief of space operations since the service\u2019s founding in December 2019.<\/p>\n

Schiess now serves as the deputy chief of space operations for operations and has held a number of positions, including as a missileer and Global Positioning System crew commander early in his career.<\/p>\n

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., SASC\u2019s ranking member, said at the opening of Thursday\u2019s hearing that China\u2019s military space systems, including its expanding tactical space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, were a \u201cserious threat\u201d and that \u201cChina has built a space-based kill chain capable of tracking carrier strike groups from the moment they leave port and cueing missile systems in near real time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to a committee question before the hearing on U.S. warfare spectrum requirements against China and Russia, Schiess wrote, in part, \u201cDenial of Adversary Kill Webs: the Joint Force must aggressively disrupt the adversary\u2019s space-based sensor-to-shooter links. Robust electronic attack capabilities provide reversible denial of China and Russian targeting networks, blinding their long-range fires, and protecting the Joint Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Schiess said that China\u2019s ongoing development of electro-magnetic jamming capabilities is \u201cvery worrisome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Pacific, they are using their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance efforts to target our forces much farther than they have in the past,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have built a kill chain to be able to see our carrier strike groups and bombers at speed and distances and have developed weapons systems to go after them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response a question from Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on the importance of space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and what risk pausing SB-AMTI fielding would pose, Schiess replied that SB-AMTI \u201cis something we need to do for multiple reasons, but I think one of the first reasons is to save American lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potential adversaries\u2019 space systems and long-range missiles \u201csometimes pushes our forces out farther, and we need to be able to get our forces in,\u201d Schiess testified.<\/p>\n

SB-AMTI and ground moving target indication \u201cfor that matter, allows us to have our forces farther out and still provide that capability,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will have airborne and other forces to do that mission as well, but we will be complementary with them. In the end, it saves American lives, but it also can provide us with much greater fidelity of information, and, as we continue to use other capabilities with automation and networks behind that to bring that capability right to the warfighter, it will help us be more effective in our missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before going public last month, SpaceX received a nearly $4.2 billion contract for the initial fielding of SB-AMTI. In April, the Space Force had awarded nine firms, including SpaceX, small contracts for SB-AMTI development.<\/p>\n

The $87.6 billion supplemental funding request from the White House contains $4 billion for SB-AMTI and the Space Data Network Backbone.<\/p>\n

This story was first published by Defense Daily<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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