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Space Force to Finalize SWORD Requirements by 2026

12/3/2025

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The Space Force's Program Executive Office for Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (PEO OTTI) aims to finalize SWORD requirements by 2026.
Klopstein, the program head, plans to broaden SWORD access across the Space Force while improving fidelity, accuracy, cloud accessibility, and integrating classified systems.
The acquisition strategy calls for leveraging commercial markets through streamlined methods, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphasizes, with the next step to advance SWORD requirements.

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Story summary

The Space Force's Program Executive Office for Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (PEO OTTI) aims to finalize SWORD requirements by 2026.
Klopstein, the program head, plans to broaden SWORD access across the Space Force while improving fidelity, accuracy, cloud accessibility, and integrating classified systems.
The acquisition strategy calls for leveraging commercial markets through streamlined methods, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphasizes, with the next step to advance SWORD requirements.