Department-Level Exercise (DLE) Series

Through this series, the Department of the Air Force is preparing to be a stronger, more lethal deterrent force, to provide an advantage against competitors and adversaries across all domains, and to ensure regional stability in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

The DLE series will incorporate multiple command exercises into one overall threat deterrence scenario, including Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC), Resolute Space, Mobility Guardian, Emerald Warrior and Bamboo Eagle 25-3.

It will also integrate multiple allies and partners in specific component exercises with shared interests. Partner integration is critical to U.S. efforts to ensure regional and global peace and stability and provides a decisive advantage against complex threats.

2025 SMD Symposium Next Generation Space and Missile Defense Panel: Multiple Participants

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Video by Sgt. Zack Stine

Aug. 6, 2025 | 57:04

Dr. Keith Krapels, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Technical Center Director, Mr. Stan Stafira, Chief Architect, Missile Defense Agency, Mr. Jason Adam, Deputy Director, Science and Technology Office, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Ms. Sarah Parker, Technology Development Directorate Deputy Director for Missile Technology, Mr. Mark Glenn, OUSD (R & E), and Dr. Sanjay Parthasarthy, Director of the Custody and Emerging Capabilities Cell, SDA, participated in a guided panel on next generation space and missile defense at the 2025 Space and Missile Defense Symposium, in Huntsville, Alabama, August 5, 2025. The Space and Missile Defense Symposium is an educational, professional development and networking event to connect the space and missile defense community co-organized by the Air, Space, and Missile Defense Association; the National Defense Industrial Organization – Tennessee Valley; and the Army Air Defense Association. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Zack Stine) More