The Aerospace Corp. has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art research and development center dedicated to space warfighting with a ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Local government members attended the event, as well as leadership from U.S. Space Command and U.S. Space Force.
The facility will be the focal point for delivering technical expertise across the space enterprise to outpace threats to national security. The building’s digital engineering environment will enable high-fidelity analysis and physics-based modeling and simulations as well as development of tactics, techniques and procedures that will provide insight into space warfighting.
Aerospace President and CEO Steve Isakowitz said the new facility “will be a game changer for technical and simulation capabilities for the space warfighters.”
“As the nation’s trusted partner, Aerospace focuses on solving our government and industry partners’ most challenging problems,” he added. “It is our job to help them promote and optimize the combined civil, military, and commercial exploitation of space to best serve our national interests.”
Once complete, the $100 million, three-story, 90,000-square-foot building will connect to the company’s existing building. It was designed to accommodate up to 200 employees. Full operations are to begin in the summer of 2022.
“We’re pleased to grow our role as a trusted technical partner to our government partners and industry colleagues in the Greater Colorado Springs defense and space community,” said Jay Santee, Aerospace vice president for Space Systems Operations and site executive for Colorado Springs.