Space Force Chief Presents Roadmap for Future Warfare in Orbit

COLORADO SPRINGS — In a defining keynote at the Space Symposium, Gen. Chance Saltzman, the outgoing chief of space operations, unveiled a bold strategy aimed at reshaping the U.S. Space Force for the evolving challenges of the next two decades. On April 15, Saltzman introduced two foundational documents central to this vision—the Future Operating Environment 2040 and Objective Force 2040—both designed to identify adversary threats and craft the structural response to maintain U.S. dominance in t