HUNTSVILLE — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to travel to Redstone Arsenal for a sign unveiling ceremony this week at the site of the future U.S. Space Command headquarters.
Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of Space Command, was in Huntsville for the annual Redstone Update at the Von Braun Center and said Hegseth was expected to be at Redstone Arsenal for Friday’s ceremony.
The unveiling will mark the site of the command’s future headquarters ahead of planned construction, according to a news release from the Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal.
The news release said Space Command, working with allies and partners, plans, executes and integrates military space power into multi-domain global operations to deter aggression, defend national interests, and when necessary, defeat threats.
Space Command is one of 11 unified combatant commands and will relocate from Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., to Redstone Arsenal.
Redstone Arsenal is known as a Federal Center of Excellence – with the Army, Department of Defense, NASA and Department of Justice working independently and synergistically.
