Space
“We may say that we don’t want to, and we stand behind not doing, kinetic debris creating testing, but that does not mean that we should not have that capability,” said Mitchell Institute Senior Fellow for Spacepower Studies Tim Ryan.
By Theresa Hitchens“We’re talking about a shipping container that includes everything: the power supply, the generator, the batteries, all of the computers, all of the antennas that will fit inside,” CEO James Palmer said. “You can put it into an area where you wish to get some coverage, deploy the aperture out, and within half-a-day you’re up and running and observing stuff in Low Earth Orbit completely covertly.”
By Colin Clark“If we’re gonna protect and defend the architecture, it can’t be just something that we do against just the space threat. It’s got to be against the holistic threat of both space and cyber,” said SSC’s Brig. Gen. Tim Sejba.
By Theresa Hitchens“We don’t want your traditional industry brief. We want capabilities that we can get after the threat quickly,” explained Col. Joseph Roth, director of SSC’s Front Door industry engagement initiative.
By Theresa Hitchens“I think everyone agrees that if there’s a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense,” industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But “I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don’t normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter.”
By Theresa HitchensLt. Gen. Stephen Whiting talks “contested” space, his worries about space cybersecurity and what happens if adversaries target commercial US firms in orbit.
By Lee Ferran“I think what people will find is that this type of advancement, going from ground-to-space, changes the whole space economy,” Aalyria’s CEO Chris Taylor said. “I think it’s going to be monumental.”
By Theresa Hitchens“There hasn’t been a special operations international military that I have dealt with since the Ukraine crisis that has not talked to us about expanding information operations and psychological operations forces,” said Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, head of US Army Special Operations Command.
By Theresa HitchensWhile the Labor Party accuses the previous government of flushing money “down the toilet,” defense analysts say there’s more politics than substance to the outrage.
By Colin ClarkSDA will decide next March whether the UHF- and SHF-band payloads being tested by T1DES should be integrated into its next iteration of Transport Layer data relay satellites.
By Theresa HitchensKayhan Space is providing its baseline collision avoidance service, Pathfinder Essentials, for free “to keep space safe,” said company co-founder Araz Feyzi.
By Theresa HitchensSpeaking with Breaking Defense and Defense One on Tuesday, SPACECOM head Gen. Jim Dickinson noted the importance of space “governance,” including “norms of responsible behavior,” and the “need to better preserve” the space environment.
By Theresa Hitchens
With this Party Congress under way in Beijing, Xi Jinping will put in place China’s political and military leadership for the next five years, writes Dean Cheng.
By Dean Cheng