Field approval for USSF Space Electromagnetic Warfare system upgrade expands warfighting capabilities Published May 21, 2025 By Space Operations Command Public Affairs PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The U.S. Space Force (USSF) received fielding approval for the Counter Communications System (CCS) Meadowlands on May 2, 2025. The upgrade will enhance Space Electromagnetic Warfare capabilities in support of joint and allied warfighters. CCS Meadowlands is a tactical electronic warfare system designed to detect, identify, and disrupt adversary communications systems, and is a key component of the U.S. military's electromagnetic warfare architecture. This significant upgrade is a lighter-weight and more compact version of the CCS 10.2 that provides remote capability, automation, transportability, reduced footprint, and multi-system management. Utilizing a more open architecture software system, CCS Meadowlands will simplify software updates to ensure the nation’s warfighters can keep pace with evolving threats and missions while also allowing one operator to control 300 percent more simultaneous missions from a geographically remote operating location. This fielding milestone is the result of integration and collaboration between Space Operations Command (SpOC) and Space Systems Command (SSC), with the support and feedback from operational Guardians to ensure weapon system sustainment meets current and future warfighting needs. This is also one of the first sustainment milestones from a provisional sustainment squadron under the SpOC mission delta construct. “This is a historic moment that builds upon years of hard work, collaboration, and championing unprecedented ownership and execution of our program baseline,” said USSF Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, Materiel Leader & Sustainment Squadron Commander under SpOC’s Mission Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare. “It was an all-hands-on-deck rapid sprint to the finish line, and we are incredibly proud of this moment for operations and the USSF.” The Space Force continues efforts in forging a purpose-built space service that organizes Space Forces activities around mission areas instead of functional specialties. In 2023, MD 3 became one of the first to transition to what was then referred to as an integrated mission delta, now just mission delta. This organizational construct strengthens readiness by building tighter connections between operations, sustainment, and acquisitions activities. “We have seen considerable organizational agility and success within our Mission Delta as a result of reorganizing intelligence, operations, cyber, and weapon systems sustainment functions under one mission area umbrella,” said USSF Col Angelo Fernandez, commander of MD 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare. “The collaboration between our space electromagnetic warfare operators, the sustainment squadron, and the Program Executive Officer under SSC to advance this capability is unparalleled.” The first space control platform in the Space Force, the CCS achieved initial operating capability on March 9, 2020, and provided quick-reaction capability with direct operational support to warfighters in support of U.S. interests in space and on the ground across all domains. The Department of Defense formalized the acceptance of the first two CCS Meadowlands systems from L3Harris on April 8, 2025, which allowed U.S. government integrated testing from April 14, 2025, to May 2, 2025. “Close collaboration between Space Systems Command and Space Operations Command has facilitated effective prioritization of enhancements and readiness efforts,” said USSF Col. Byron McClain, SSC Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Program Executive Officer. “This is not merely an incremental upgrade, but a major improvement to this warfighting capability.” The fielding approval enables crews to enter the Deliberate Readiness Development phase whereby Guardians will train and certify on the upgraded capability. Next steps include upgrading the operating system to fulfill remote operations capabilities and multi-system management in the near future. -- Space Operations Command is the U.S. Space Force’s service force provider, focused on generating combat-ready Space forces, sourcing and providing forces for service and combatant commands, and advocating for combat-ready space power from the future force to fielded forces. SpOC encompasses eight distinct, but integrated mission and space deltas focused on Space Domain Awareness; Space Electromagnetic Warfare; Missile Warning and Tracking; Cyberspace Warfare; Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting; Satellite Communications; Orbital Warfare; and Navigational Warfare. Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient capabilities to protect our nation’s strategic advantage in, from, and to space. 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