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Space Force Aims to Expand SWORD Training Program

December 2, 2025

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Key Takeaways

Space Force aims to expand SWORD training program.
SWORD is a digital training environment for space warfare.
Program to become available at unit level across Space Force enterprise.
Expansion to include higher fidelity and classified systems.

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Strategic Implications

The expansion of SWORD may indicate the Space Force's growing emphasis on realistic and immersive training environments for space warfare. This could suggest a shift towards more advanced and integrated training systems, which may have implications for the development of future space-based capabilities and the role of commercial vendors in supporting military training.

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What Happened

Digital Training Environment to Enhance Space Warfighter Readiness

The Space Force’s Program Executive Office for Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (PEO OTTI) is working to expand its Space Warfighter Operational Readiness Domain (SWORD) program, a digital training environment used to prepare guardians for space warfare. According to Col. Corey Klopstein, the head of the program, the goal is to make SWORD available at the unit level across the Space Force enterprise, with higher fidelity and classified systems. The program has already been successfully demonstrated by the 392nd Combat Training Squadron and is now being developed at a larger scale. This was reported by Breaking Defense.

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