Space Command move to Huntsville will be announced very soon, congressman says: Contractors ‘ready to turn dirt’

A top Alabama congressman is predicting U.S. Space Command will announce its pending relocation to Huntsville this month.

In an interview Tuesday with Auburn University’s “Cyber Focus” podcast, Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said contractors are “ready to turn dirt” the day the announcement is made.

“I expect sometime during the month of April that Space Command will officially be assigned to build its headquarters in Huntsville,” Rogers told Frank Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.