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By Breaking DefenseMILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions
With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.
“It’s the presence of this insecure gear in our networks that’s the threat, not the source of funding used to purchase it,” Commissioner Carr said.
By Brad D. Williams
The Pentagon is finding alternative clouds while waiting for JEDI, Dana Deasy said, so it can upgrade them to JEDI as soon as the courts allow.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
An unprecedentedly quick 15-week review identified 100 mHZ of spectrum, now heavily used by military radars, that will be auctioned off in December 2021.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“I think there’s some very compelling petitions for reconsideration before the FCC right now, so I’m hoping that they would hit the pause button,” says Iridium’s legal rep Robert McDowell.
By Theresa Hitchens
Besides shoring up physical defenses against foreign threats, Senate Armed Services chairman Jim Inhofe is fighting against the FCC’s transfer of spectrum from GPS to 5G firm Ligado.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Putting non-maneuverable cubesats into LEO in densely populated orbits … is like putting go-carts on the freeway. Nobody would do that,” says Viasat’s John Janka.
By Theresa Hitchens
Top defense insights from 2024
A curated look at standout opinions and analysis covering topics like uncrewed systems, NATO partnerships, US-Saudi defense dynamics, and evolving warfare strategies, spotlighting key issues shaping the global defense landscape.
“The Department continues to support domestic 5G options, but not at the risk of crippling our GPS networks,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper tweeted yesterday after the FCC vote.
By Theresa Hitchens
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 “Security will be more important than speed in establishing a durable foundation for 5G’s future,” writes leading scholar Elsa Kania – and Washington must lead the way.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“I see no reason why a satellite the size of a shoebox, with the life expectancy of a guinea pig, should be regulated the same way as a spacecraft the size of a school bus that will stay in orbit for centuries,” says FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
By Theresa Hitchens
“President Trump has made it clear that the race to 5G is a race America will win,” Pence said.
By Theresa HitchensLaunching drones/blimps as communication relays after disaster would do more harm than good, say AT&T, Sprint, & APCO: http://politi.co/MiSVqJ SydneyFreedberg
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Commercial space has many military applications, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency relies heavily on commercial imagery supplied by DigitalGlobe satellites. The National Reconnaissance Office recently joined with NGA in something called the Commercial GEOINT Activity to buy commercial satellite imagery. A raft of companies are talking about building and operating satellites to provide imagery and other data.…
By Todd Harrison