Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM)

9 June 2026 | ZEROGeoengineering.com | Congressionally funded space weather “research” experimentation involves collaborations of Federal agencies with international partners, and includes the use of satellites, aircraft, ground based infrastructures and sensors.| In 2020, Congress passed S.881, Public Law No: 116-181, the “Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow Act” or the “PROSWIFT Act.”

The bill established the “statutory authority for the National Science and Technology Council’s Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation Working Group, which coordinates executive branch efforts regarding space weather…” [1]

The PROSWIFT Act: “directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Science Foundation, Air Force, Navy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and U.S. Geological Survey to carry out specified space weather activities.”

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Space Weather: An Overview of Policy and Select U.S. Government Roles and Responsibilities

“The 557^th Weather Wing, located at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, conducts most of DOD’s space weather-related activities.”

“The Director of NSF, among other agency heads, is also tasked with (1) continuing to carry out basic research on heliophysics, geospace science, and space weather; (2) supporting competitive space weather research, modeling, and monitoring proposals;¹⁴⁶ and (3) pursuing multidisciplinary research in subjects that further the understanding of solar physics, space physics, and space weather.”

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“The Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) Subcommittee is a Federal coordinating body organized under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Homeland and National Security, organized under the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).”

“SWORM activities are conducted through the IWG and three Subworking Groups (SWGs). Each SWG supports one of the three goals for the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan.”

Agencies involved in SWORM activities

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The SWORM Task Force determined that “A cohesive all-of-government strategy was necessary to ensure the federal government was positioned to mitigate, respond to and recover from a major space weather storm.”[3]

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Space Weather Prediction Testbed (SWTB)

“A successful testbed involves physical assets as well as substantial commitments and partnerships.”

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The Trump administration continues funding Space Weather “research,” pursuant to H.R. 6938, Public Law 119–74 and the FY2026 Defense Space Budget for the “Golden Dome.”