Major General Paul Tedman CBE

Major General Tedman took over UK Space Command in May 2024. Prior to this appointment, he spent two years at US Space Command in the role of Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy.

Major General Tedman was commissioned into the Army Air Corps in 1997 and was awarded his Army pilot’s wings in 1999. Since then, he has held command positions from troop up to brigade in both the UK and the US, and has deployed on operations in the Balkans, Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

UK Space Command is a joint command based at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force, alongside civil servants and contractors. UK Space Command’s mission is to protect and defend UK and allied interests in, from, and to space.