With latest Rocket Lab launch, NRO and Australia strengthen allied cooperation

With latest Rocket Lab launch, NRO and Australia strengthen allied cooperation
With latest Rocket Lab launch, NRO and Australia strengthen allied cooperation

NROL 162, nicknamed by Rocket Lab “Wise One Looks Ahead” is scheduled to launch as early as 1:00 am EDT on June 13 from New Zealand, according to a company press release. NROL-199, “Antipodean Adventure” is scheduled to launched on July 22. 

After tech tour in the US, French Navy chief highlights unmanned interest in Europe

After tech tour in the US, French Navy chief highlights unmanned interest in Europe
After tech tour in the US, French Navy chief highlights unmanned interest in Europe

During his second visit to the US this year, Adm. Pierre Vandier received a Legion of Merit Award during a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard.

Space Force top priority for monitoring heavens: Seeing better the data it has

Space Force top priority for monitoring heavens: Seeing better the data it has
Space Force top priority for monitoring heavens: Seeing better the data it has

Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron was “re-designated” on April 13 as the “18th Space Defense Squadron,” but will remain SPACECOM’s key provider of space domain awareness.

Pentagon’s JADC2 strategy: more questions than answers

Pentagon’s JADC2 strategy: more questions than answers
Pentagon’s JADC2 strategy: more questions than answers

The eight-page summary document essentially defines Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and sets out the ambitious goals for the program, but provides little insight into how the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the military services actually are moving to make it work.

Space Force’s top priority for next decade: Resiliency, says CSO Raymond

Space Force’s top priority for next decade: Resiliency, says CSO Raymond
Space Force’s top priority for next decade: Resiliency, says CSO Raymond

“Our joint and coalition forces that are requiring the space capabilities that we provide, and they can’t be treated as a given anymore,” Gen. John Raymond said.

US, close allies sign ‘call to action’ in space defense

US, close allies sign ‘call to action’ in space defense
US, close allies sign ‘call to action’ in space defense

The new military accord signed by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US presages joint stance on future space norms.

NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport

NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport
NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport

Ahead of the Wednesday launch, mystery surrounds what the mission of NROL-87 is. NRO never talks about the purpose of specific satellites, period, but the payload will be launched to an orbit consistent with that of an imaging satellite.

French Navy chief on Ukraine, AUKUS and unmanned tech

French Navy chief on Ukraine, AUKUS and unmanned tech
French Navy chief on Ukraine, AUKUS and unmanned tech

“On the naval side, we didn’t see a very abnormal pattern of life of the Russians,” French Navy chief Adm. Pierre Vandier said about Russian actions near Ukraine.

New NATO space policy focuses on space support, domain awareness

New NATO space policy focuses on space support, domain awareness
New NATO space policy focuses on space support, domain awareness

The new NATO policy doesn’t quite cover all the cracks in allied views of military action in space, noting that the 30 member states “should develop a common understanding of concepts such as the role of space in crisis or conflict.” 

For national security space, running to stand still: 2021 In Review

For national security space, running to stand still: 2021 In Review
For national security space, running to stand still: 2021 In Review

US leaders this year faced difficult decisions against a backdrop of rapidly growing challenges from potential adversaries, and a booming commercial space sector that innovation-wise is leaving the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community in the dust.

‘Almost a melding’ of US, UK, Aussie services coming: NSC’s Kurt Campbell

‘Almost a melding’ of US, UK, Aussie services coming: NSC’s Kurt Campbell
‘Almost a melding’ of US, UK, Aussie services coming: NSC’s Kurt Campbell

The context for President Biden’s almost four-hour discussion Monday night with President Xi Jinpeng, Kurt Campbell said, is “that the United States is here to stay in the Indo-Pacific, and we’re going to defend and support the operating system that has been so good for so many of us for many years.”

Aussies would join US to defend Taiwan; Defense Minister says ‘inconceivable’ they wouldn’t

Aussies would join US to defend Taiwan; Defense Minister says ‘inconceivable’ they wouldn’t
Aussies would join US to defend Taiwan; Defense Minister says ‘inconceivable’ they wouldn’t

The reliably bellicose Global Times’ editor, Hu Xijin, slammed Dutton’s remarks in a Tweet, promising a “heavy attack” on Australia if it should get involved in any Taiwan conflict.

Quad Pushes Chip Supply Security, 5G ‘Diversification,’ Cybersecurity

Quad Pushes Chip Supply Security, 5G ‘Diversification,’ Cybersecurity
Quad Pushes Chip Supply Security, 5G ‘Diversification,’ Cybersecurity

  WASHINGTON: The first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the so-called Quad — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — has spawned several initiatives designed to help moderate or crack the hold China has on certain technologies, including semiconductor chips and 5G networks. It also includes a new civil space initiative and an…

Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress

Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress
Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress

COLORADO SPRINGS: The House Armed Services Committee’s draft policy bill calls for the head of the Space Force to review all classification of space systems “to determine if any programs should be reclassified or declassified.” The chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), obtained by Breaking Defense, is the latest in…