The independent FCC seemingly “wrote these proposed rules mostly (if not entirely) in a vacuum, potentially failing to ensure White House directions in Space Policy Directives 1-through-4 were fully accounted for,” said one USG official with an eye on the debate.
By Theresa Hitchens“As far as I know the Pentagon doesn’t have a ‘death ray,’ but the nearest thing it has is GPS Kryptonite: when you get close enough to GPS to interfere: you die,” one veteran space industry watcher joked about the FCC Chair’s decision to approve Ligado’s 5g approach.
By Theresa Hitchens“The Air Force has not established a plan or business case for ABMS that identifies its requirements, a plan to attain mature technologies when needed, a cost estimate, and an affordability analysis,” GAO chided.
By Theresa Hitchens“Although I appreciate the security concerns and understand the need for all officers to maintain cyber awareness,” Sen. Warren wrote, “the Navy never provided a sufficient justification for restricting public access to this information.”
By Paul McLearyCreating an Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative with a $6.09 billion investment in 2021 would boost air and missile defense, fund rotational forces and prepositioned stocks, modernize joint training ranges across the region, and ramp up information and influence operations.
By Paul McLearyDuring an almost hour-long press conference at the Pentagon this morning, the DoD’s top acquisition official, Ellen Lord, often struggled to answer questions over what segments of the defense industry could be put into action producing things like ventilators and masks, which are in short supply at hospitals across the country.
By Paul McLeary“The secretary is currently looking at that plan,” a senior defense official confirmed. The Navy has been struggling to define when and how it’ll reach 355 hulls, and no answers appear forthcoming.
By Paul McLearyActing Navy Secretary Modly says the “bottom line is that we need to find at least $40 billion in real line-of-accounting savings to fund the development, construction, and sustainment of this new [355 ship fleet] over the next 5 years.”
By Paul McLeary
While the current Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is reported to not believe the research the MRI funds is “science,” letting the program go would be a significant loss for the Defense Department and produce little financial benefit.
By Nick Evans