Space
The new office will coordinate the commercial cooperation activities of the Joint Task Force-Space Defense at Schriever SFB in Colorado and the Combined Force Space Component Command at Vandenberg SFB in California.
By Theresa Hitchens
The plan is for Space Systems Command’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office to set up a contracting vehicle that allows military users to buy satellite-direct-to-cellular communications capability as a service, said Clare Grason, who heads that office.
By Theresa HitchensBAE Systems’ LR-PGK: The Superior Anti-Jam Solution
Going the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
The new satellites will be integrated into SDA’s first operationally capable set of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, called “Tranche 1,” the SDA spokesperson explained.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I think it’s a really important part of where we go to is just looking at how we can have that sort of electronic warfare type of capability to allow us to deter attacks or certainly interfere,” the head of Australia’s Defense Space Command said.
By Colin Clark
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
“We are talking to potential partners in Australia and are excited to see their space industry continue to grow,” an Astroscale spokesperson said.
By Theresa Hitchens
SPACECOM is providing “spaceflight safety data to 680 global organizations flying 7400 spacecraft,” SPACECOM head Gen. Jim Dickinson said. “We also track an additional 41,000 pieces of debris.”
By Theresa Hitchens
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
Satellite communications and space domain awareness are two key priorities for the ADF’s new(ish) Space Command.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The evolution of OWT shows how 3D terrain and information services are becoming essential tools for planning and decision-making not just for the U.S. Army but for a wide range of military, civil and commercial institutions,” Maxar’s Tony Frazier said.
By Jaspreet Gill
The United States is sending a delegation focused on the Indo-Pacific region, including top people from. the Navy and Marines, as well as officials with a broader ambit such as the head of DSCA and the F-35 Joint Program Office.
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“China is a major space player and will be a major space player. They are not participating in the global dialogue, and in global information sharing on SSA. That’s unsustainable,” said Richard DalBello, head of the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce.
By Theresa Hitchens
The “Venn diagram … of civil, commercial, and national security is becoming more and more overlapped,” said Chirag Parikh, executive secretary of the National Space Council.
By Theresa Hitchens
While not disclosing everything, senior military leaders from virtually every service and specialty have spoken about how they’re incorporating lessons from the Ukraine war, from the danger of cell phones to the importance of a quick-moving industrial base.
By Breaking Defense Staff
The ongoing White House-level review of what is often called “mission authorization and supervision” responsibilities has not been simple, according to several government officials involved, with the key agencies with current legal say over space regulations jockeying for a piece of the regulatory pie.
By Theresa Hitchens
Stephen “Bucky” Butow, director of space at the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit summed up the end goal for future operations as creating a “blue collar space.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
