Hydrosat launches first payload to monitor hot-spots on Earth

Hydrosat launches first payload to monitor hot-spots on Earth
Hydrosat launches first payload to monitor hot-spots on Earth

The company’s capability to precisely measure land surface temperatures — using data from a wide variety or Earth monitoring satellites and a software suite for data fusion — has potential military and national security applications.

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Survivability soars when the countermeasures are infrared and multispectral

Survivability soars when the countermeasures are infrared and multispectral
Survivability soars when the countermeasures are infrared and multispectral

IR countermeasures including missile-blinding lasers need to cover 360 degrees around a platform like Future Vertical Lift, because any gap is a vulnerability.

Hydrosat plans LEO sats to map literal hot spots for military, commercial users

Hydrosat plans LEO sats to map literal hot spots for military, commercial users
Hydrosat plans LEO sats to map literal hot spots for military, commercial users

CEO Pieter Fossel explained how the temperature of the ground, for instance, can be a critical factor for helicopter-borne special operations missions.

DoD Launching Experiment For Space-Based Hypersonic Missile Detection

DoD Launching Experiment For Space-Based Hypersonic Missile Detection
DoD Launching Experiment For Space-Based Hypersonic Missile Detection

SDA and MDA need to characterize the Earth’s infrared background — which has “a lot of complex shapes to it, clouds, land and stuff like that” — in order to “pull out the dim signal” of a hypersonic missile, an SDA official explained.

Army Adapts Aircraft EW To Protect Tanks: BAE RAVEN

Army Adapts Aircraft EW To Protect Tanks: BAE RAVEN
Army Adapts Aircraft EW To Protect Tanks: BAE RAVEN

Will high-tech hardware developed to protect aircraft translate to the mud and dust of ground combat?

DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals

DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals
DoD, White House Likely To Fight Chinese Monopoly on Rare Earth Minerals

With an Executive Order and a new study due soon that promises to take a hard line against Chinese imports, the Trump administration is opening a new front, while protecting the US defense industry.