Robert Hutt

Robert John Hutt (born c. 1977) is a United States Space Force brigadier general who commanded the 460th Operations Group from 2018 to 2020. He now serves as the director of plans and programs of the Space Force.

Hutt entered the United States Air Force in 1999 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. He initially served as a career missile officer before transitioning to becoming a career space operations officer. He has experience in the electronic warfare and missile warning mission areas, serving as commander of the 21st Operations Support Squadron. While commanding the 460th Operations Group, he deployed to Qatar in 2020 to serve as director of space forces of the Air Forces Central Command.

Hutt transferred to the Space Force in 2021, serving as senior executive officer to General John W. Raymond. In 2023, he was promoted to brigadier general.

Early life and education
Hutt was born in Sanford, Florida to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hutt. In 1995, he graduated from Seminole High School. He received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy as the nominee of John Mica, where he planned to become a navigator or a computer scientist.

In 1999, he graduated from the Air Force Academy with a B.A. degree in legal studies (philosophy). He received an M.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado Denver in 2008 and Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University in 2011. In 2016, he also received an M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College.

As part of his military training, Hutt attended Undergraduate Space and Missile Training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and Air and Space Basic Course at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in 1999. The following year, he finished his ICBM Initial Qualification Training from Vandenberg. In 2004, he attended USAF Weapons School's Space Weapons Instructor Course. In 2005, he completed Principles of Space Control from Vandenberg and attended Squadron Officer School at Maxwell. In 2015, he attended Air War College.

Military career
Hutt commissioned into the United States Air Force on June 2, 1999, as a second lieutenant after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. After completing Undergraduate Space and Missile Training and ICBM Initial Qualification Training, he was assigned in 2000 to the 12th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, as a deputy crew commander, crew commander, and line instructor. From 2002 to 2004, he served with the 341st Operations Group as evaluator and senior crew evaluator.

In 2005, after graduating from the USAF Weapons School, Hutt was assigned at the 76th Space Control Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, as a weapons and tactics flight commander. He stayed there until 2007 when he was reassigned to 21st Operations Support Squadron as an assistant operations officer and vault chief. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as the branch chief for counterspace current operations at the Air Force Space Command.

Hutt served as a military assistant to the under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2016 to 2018. On June 15, 2018, Hutt took command of the 460th Operations Group, where he was responsible for overseeing the unit's missile warning missions. While in the job, he was deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as director of space forces for Air Forces Central Command from January to June 2020.

After his command tour, Hutt served as senior executive to the chief of space operations, General John W. Raymond, during which time he transferred to the United States Space Force. From 2021 to 2022, he was chief of the programming division at the Space Staff. In May 2022, he was nominated for promotion to brigadier general. In 2022, he was assigned as director of plans and programs and on July 8, 2023, he was promoted to brigadier general.

Awards and decorations
Hutt is the recipient of the following awards: