Us army space program office

Adversaries are always seeking to take away our advantage through denial, disruption and degradation. A functional area is a grouping of officers by technical specialty or skills other than a branch that requires unique education, training and experience.

After functional designation, active officers serve repetitive and progressive assignments within their functional area.

Space operations FA40 is one of 12 ArmyfFunctional areas. The basic role of an FA 40 officer is to utilize and integrate space capabilities with terrestrial, air, sea and high altitude-based systems owned and operated by the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, civil agencies and commercial partners to provide integrated and timely capabilities to the warfighter.

Army space operations, duties and responsibilities are centered on eight codified joint space capabilities: space situational awareness; space control; precision, navigation and timing; theater missile warning; satellite communications; satellite operations; environmental monitoring; or space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The sheer variety of the more than FA 40 billets across the Army means that they could be performing these basic functions in a vast array of different circumstances and levels from tactical planning with Army brigades and divisions to operational and strategic roles with higher headquarters.

FA 40s are assigned to a wide variety of tactical, operational, strategic, joint, and federal agency positions. There are also opportunities in capability development and Technical Center roles and administrative roles with the Army Astronaut Detachment. FA 40s serve in such diverse capacities as special forces groups to Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Against all adversaries and enemies. Regardless of the form of threat or attack. In gray-zone conflict, hybrid conflict, in competition, and in contribution to strategic deterrence.

In all domains. On the ground with allies and partners, with the joint force, in the air, at sea, in space, in cyberspace, in the electromagnetic spectrum, and in the information environment. Through all missions. With clear command and control, detailed and integrated planning, crisp execution, and robust sustainment. Always synchronized to lead or support joint, agency and coalition operations. Robert Rasch said Aug. The PEO is moving from having eight program managers to five that all fall under an integrated fires-focused portfolio.

The newly organized PEO will reach a full-operational capability by the first quarter of fiscal , Rasch said. Jen Judson is the land warfare reporter for Defense News. She has covered defense in the Washington area for 10 years.

She was previously a reporter at Politico and Inside Defense. She won the National Press Club's best analytical reporting award in and was named the Defense Media Awards' best young defense journalist in Space and Missile Defense. By Jen Judson.