Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will travel to Redstone Arsenal for a ceremony on Friday to mark the future site of U.S. Space Command’s permanent headquarters.

U.S. Space Command General Stephen Whiting announced the visit during the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber’s annual Redstone Update at the Von Braun Center on Wednesday.

He told local leaders that Secretary Hegseth is expected on post Friday afternoon for an unveiling ceremony at the designated headquarters site on Redstone.

According to General Whiting, U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink will also be in attendance.

The event will formally mark the ground where Space Command’s permanent headquarters complex will be built.

It comes ahead of major construction activity on the arsenal, according to an Army Materiel Command release and local briefings.

Whiting said Space Command’s move to Huntsville is already well underway, with a program management office now operating on Redstone, as planners work through facilities, workforce and transition details.

The Secretary’s visit this week will mark the first time the nation’s top defense official has stood on the future headquarters site since President Donald Trump’s September announcement from the Oval Office that Huntsville would be the permanent home of U.S. Space Command.

Trump’s final decision earlier this year brought a basing process politicized by the Biden administration to a well-welcomed conclusion.

Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.