The Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence is the U.S. Army’s force modernization proponent, responsible for managing Army change to doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy, or DOTMLPF-P, requirements for space, global ballistic missile defense and high altitude capabilities within the Army. It also represents Army equities across the joint community. Within the capabilities of Army and joint space, missile defense and high altitude, the Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence trains and educates agile, adaptive and ready Soldiers and leaders, executes life-cycle management for U.S. Army space operations officers, develops the Army space cadre and enables informed decision-making.
To carry out its mission, the Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence executes U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command-established practices to meet force management responsibilities. This includes performing concept development, capabilities determination and capabilities integration relative to DOTMLPF–P for process change, integration and transition for materiel development. Additionally, the organization executes the Army’s institutional training and education for space and global ballistic missile defense mission areas. It is uniquely organized and geographically well-positioned to meet future Army needs.
FUTURE CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT (FCD)
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Develops concepts and capability requirements, integrates DOTMLPF-P solutions, and conducts experiments to assess concepts and validates DOTMLPF-P-integrated combined arms capabilities that complement unified action partner capabilities, and supports assigned force modernization proponency responsibilities. Take inputs from across the command to support generating gaps and develop the CoE requirements memorandum. FCD works with Transformation Integration Directors (TID) for Space Superiority (SS) and Strategic Missile Defense (SMD) to address required Army Modernization requirements and priorities. The FCD Director assists in the oversight and management of space and missile defense capability development, document oversight and the integration of programs.
- Director, COL John M. Lancaster
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TRANSFORMATION INTEGRATION DIRECTORATES - STRATEGIC MISSILE DEFENSE & SPACE SUPERIORITY
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Transformation Integration Directorates for Strategic Missile Defense or TID-SMD, and Space Superiority, or TID-SS: serve as the Army’s user representative and centralized manager and integrator for all DOTMLPF-P considerations for strategic missile defense and space and high altitude. TID-SMD represents such Army applications of the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications system and is the user representative for the following acquisition programs: Ground-based Midcourse Defense and AN/TPY- 2 Forward Based Mode Radar. TID-SS represents such Army applications as Distributed Common Ground System – Army and Space Operations System.
- TID - SMD Director, COL Thomas V. Petrini
- TID - SS Director, COL Princeton D. Wright
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OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT
The Office of the Commandant is responsible for oversight and integration of the Army Space Personnel Development Office, the personnel proponent for the Army’s Functional Area 40, and the Space and Missile Defense School.
- Commandant, COL Felix Torres
- Senior Enlisted Advisor, MSG Mark Serna
- Office of the Commandant email
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SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE SCHOOL
Educate and train the force in space and global missile defense, and develop space and global missile defense doctrine
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE
Executes the life-cycle management functions for Army Space Professionals ensuring the Army and Joint Space Community meet operational requirements in support of the Warfighter.
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OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE
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Provides synchronization, integration, operations, and management of assigned strategic, programmatic, technical, and functional areas; executes CoE strategic and near-term planning; coordinates and synchronizes CoE plans, processes, and operations with command, other CoE stakeholders, and external partners, leads CoE financial, acquisition, logistic and personnel resource management.
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