Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said the location for the future home of Space Command has already been selected on Redstone Arsenal. And the relocation process may go quicker than expected.

“I can’t tell you the actual spot,” Battle said about where the facility will be located. “But they do have a spot already picked out. They have been working very closely (with federal officials). There has always been a plan B scenario. Until it was actually announced, and until they were told by the Secretary of Defense this will happen, they were moving along with plans with everybody, from the FBI, to the Army Material Command and to the Missile Defense Agency, to Marshall Space Flight Center.”

Approximately 60 acres of land near the center of the arsenal have been identified for the new headquarte

See Full Page