US Navy Will Upgrade Warships to Add Unnamed Space Capabilities
“Everything is classified” when it comes to space, one admiral complained.
By Caitlin M. Kenney
Staff Reporter
August 26, 2021
U.S. Navy ships will get new space capabilities in future upgrades as the service looks to increase its contribution to the military’s space efforts, Navy officials said Thursday.
“The Navy absolutely is planning as part of the upgrades to the ship's systems to have tremendous increase in space domain awareness capability,” said Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, the director for strategy, plans, and policy at U.S. Space Command. He spoke during the Navy and Space panel at the 36th Space Symposium, being held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The plan is to upgrade more than 30 ships over the next few years, up from one ship today, as well as to the Aegis Ashore systems that provide missile defense. Bernacchi believes by that time the Navy will become a “significant space player.”
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