{"id":140939,"date":"2022-06-22T06:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/space-force-envisions-digital-future-for-testing-and-training"},"modified":"2022-06-22T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:03:39","slug":"space-force-envisions-digital-future-for-testing-and-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/space-force-envisions-digital-future-for-testing-and-training","title":{"rendered":"Space Force envisions digital future for testing and training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/space-force-envisions-digital-future-for-testing-and-training2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saltzman, the service\u2019s deputy chief of space operations, cyber and nuclear, envisions a future testing and training enterprise where space operators can connect virtually to practice tactics and new satellites and sensors are assessed in realistic simulated environments to make sure they\u2019re working as designed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t really have that ability to connect those things together,\u201d Saltzman said during a recent Defense Writers Group event. \u201cIf you think about connection of simulators, if you think about that virtual range where those simulators plug in so they\u2019re in an operational environment so they can see each other in a virtual sense \u2014 that\u2019s kind of the next generation of training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Space Force is on a path toward creating a National Space Test and Training Complex that could make Saltzman\u2019s vision a reality. The service released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/05\/10\/space-force-releases-plan-for-testing-satellites-ground-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\">Test Enterprise Vision<\/a> in May, identifying the NSTTC as a key enabler for space system and operator readiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saltzman, the service\u2019s deputy chief of space operations, cyber and nuclear, envisions a future testing and training enterprise where space operators can connect virtually to practice tactics and new satellites and sensors are assessed in realistic simulated environments to make sure they\u2019re working as designed. \u201cWe don\u2019t really have that ability to connect those things [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}