Space Force Expects SDA, MDA Decisions Next Year

Space Force Expects SDA, MDA Decisions Next Year
Space Force Expects SDA, MDA Decisions Next Year

“That requires a little more time and effort for coordination and approval,” within DoD and with Congress, says Lt. Gen. David Thompson.

DoD, IC Tackle All-Domain Hurdles: C2; Command Chain

DoD, IC Tackle All-Domain Hurdles: C2; Command Chain
DoD, IC Tackle All-Domain Hurdles: C2; Command Chain

“[I]t is fair to say that IC and DoD efforts have not always been aligned optimally, whether in acquisitions or operations,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein, NRO’s deputy director.

Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition

Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition
Battle For NRO Takes Shape As Space, Air Forces Grapple With Acquisition

DoD officials are extremely aware, almost to the point of paranoia, that even discussing the issue of NRO potentially being subsumed by the Space Force is playing with fire.

NRO Cracks Open Commercial Imagery To More Providers

NRO Cracks Open Commercial Imagery To More Providers
NRO Cracks Open Commercial Imagery To More Providers

The plan for multiple contracts represents a sea-change from past Intelligence Community practice in buying commercial satellite imagery.

The Top 3 Priorities Of New Space Force: Stopher

The Top 3 Priorities Of New Space Force: Stopher
The Top 3 Priorities Of New Space Force: Stopher

The first priority of the Space Force has to be addressing acquisition holes, including architectural planning and integration, enterprise systems engineering, and programmatic discipline.

Lamborn, Horn Pledge Bipartisan Support For Space

Lamborn, Horn Pledge Bipartisan Support For Space
Lamborn, Horn Pledge Bipartisan Support For Space

“I think maybe there is a mutual assured destruction in space,” Rep. Lamborn said, “where no one will go there because the consequences will be too severe.”

NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing

NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing
NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing

NRO has had a complicated relationship with commercial remote sensing providers, especially those working with SAR and other powerful new technologies.

How The Space Development Agency Can Succeed

How The Space Development Agency Can Succeed
How The Space Development Agency Can Succeed

When new entities fail, it’s most often due to the fact they don’t do what they do better than their competition (differentiated value proposition is the business term) and they lack investment in talent and technology. But there are other challenges.

Intel Community’s Secrecy Culture Frustrates DoD Sat Safety Effort

Intel Community’s Secrecy Culture Frustrates DoD Sat Safety Effort
Intel Community’s Secrecy Culture Frustrates DoD Sat Safety Effort

“People at the NRO and others hiding in unmarked cubicles in other parts of northern Virginia started breathing into bags like never before,” said one DoD source about the 2018 SSA transparency policy.

Industry Worries Friction Twixt NRO-NGA On Commercial Imagery

Industry Worries Friction Twixt NRO-NGA On Commercial Imagery
Industry Worries Friction Twixt NRO-NGA On Commercial Imagery

NGA and NRO “have significantly overlapping Venn diagrams,” one industry source said, and they are still trying to “sort that through.” He added, “It’s not a nice clean line.”

NRO Taps Start-Ups, Eager To Probe Commercial Tech

NRO Taps Start-Ups, Eager To Probe Commercial Tech
NRO Taps Start-Ups, Eager To Probe Commercial Tech

“To be quite honest most of our space systems are not the leading edge technologies,” Troy Meink, head of GEOINT at NRO, said. “We’ve not kept up in many cases with the commercial environment.”

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Ground Stations Can Boost Mix Of Small & Exquisite Sats: Raytheon

Ground Stations Can Boost Mix Of Small & Exquisite Sats: Raytheon
Ground Stations Can Boost Mix Of Small & Exquisite Sats: Raytheon

Modern space strategy, with its focus on resilience, requires “understanding the capabilities of each satellite and managing them as a constellation:” Jane Chappell, vice president of Raytheon’s Global Intelligence Solutions (GIS) mission area. Advertisement

SecAF Questions Space Development Agency; Air Force Didn’t Want Boeing F-15X

SecAF Questions Space Development Agency; Air Force Didn’t Want Boeing F-15X
SecAF Questions Space Development Agency; Air Force Didn’t Want Boeing F-15X

We’ve already got SMC and the NRO. What the heck will a Space Development Agency do that’s different, and why.

Huge Intel Leadership Shifts: New Directors For NRO, NGA

Huge Intel Leadership Shifts: New Directors For NRO, NGA
Huge Intel Leadership Shifts: New Directors For NRO, NGA

NGA HQ: The low grinding noise you could barely hear yesterday was the sound of the tectonic plates of American intelligence shifting as the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Agency got new directors. The nugget of news is that Vice Adm. Bob Sharp replaces Robert Cardillo as NGA director and President Trump…