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U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces – Space commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, speaks during a panel discussion at the Space Force Association’s 2024 Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 11, 2024. The CJFSCC authority, an authority delegated by the U.S. Space Command commander, gives Schiess Space Operations Control Authority to coordinate, deconflict and synchronize testing and operational activities for space electromagnetic warfare, directed energy weapons, orbital warfare, and cyber operations targeting or transiting terrestrial and on-orbit adversary space assets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)