With new intel doctrine, Army turning its sights to ISR modernization

With new intel doctrine, Army turning its sights to ISR modernization
With new intel doctrine, Army turning its sights to ISR modernization

One of the questions the Army’s ISR Task Force is grappling with regard to sensing is how best to “leverage the vast proliferation of commercial satellite providers,” said task force director Andrew Evans.

Space Force intel focus: 50% on China; 25% on Russia

Space Force intel focus: 50% on China; 25% on Russia
Space Force intel focus: 50% on China; 25% on Russia

China’s “space weaponry” arsenal “includes missiles that launch from the Earth that go up and destroy satellites, it includes lasers, it includes jammers, it includes a whole magazine of diversity for that,” a top Space Force officer said.

EXCLUSIVE: Space Force, IC warily approach agreement on commercial intel imagery buys

EXCLUSIVE: Space Force, IC warily approach agreement on commercial intel imagery buys
EXCLUSIVE: Space Force, IC warily approach agreement on commercial intel imagery buys

While there is no formal agreement, NRO and the Space Force have reached an informal accord to each use commercial imagery the other has acquired, and are in discussions about a potential DoD-IC “marketplace” to ease sharing.

South Korea and Japan resume intel sharing agreement, but not all problems are solved

South Korea and Japan resume intel sharing agreement, but not all problems are solved
South Korea and Japan resume intel sharing agreement, but not all problems are solved

“The restoration of the bilateral GSOMIA and the desire now to expand intelligence and other types of security cooperation are made possible by President Yoon’s determination to improve relations and Japan’s growing anxiety about an assertive China,” Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute wrote.

Air Force to evaluate intel value of Hydrosat’s hot spot data

Air Force to evaluate intel value of Hydrosat’s hot spot data
Air Force to evaluate intel value of Hydrosat’s hot spot data

While the company currently is using already available data from satellites like NASA’s Landsat and ESA’s Sentinel-2, Hydrosat also intends to launch its own constellation of 16 microsats to low Earth orbit (LEO). 

Putin ‘massively misjudged’ Ukraine, Russian troops shoot down own planes: GCHQ head

Putin ‘massively misjudged’ Ukraine, Russian troops shoot down own planes: GCHQ head
Putin ‘massively misjudged’ Ukraine, Russian troops shoot down own planes: GCHQ head

“We’ve seen Russian soldiers — short of weapons and morale — refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft,” said Sir Jeremy Fleming.

Army forges ahead on EW, ISR prototypes borne from tech competition

Army forges ahead on EW, ISR prototypes borne from tech competition
Army forges ahead on EW, ISR prototypes borne from tech competition

Latest version of the AStRA competition will focus on networking tools and power sources.

Russia could target American space firms to blind Ukraine

Russia could target American space firms to blind Ukraine
Russia could target American space firms to blind Ukraine

“I don’t think we would respond,” a government source said bluntly about what would happen if Russia used a non-kinetic attack on an American commercial satellite.

Exclusive: Space Warfighting Analysis Center chief on creating ‘something out of nothing’

Exclusive: Space Warfighting Analysis Center chief on creating ‘something out of nothing’
Exclusive: Space Warfighting Analysis Center chief on creating ‘something out of nothing’

SWAC Director Andrew Cox joked that his office would be “building Pinocchios” if it can’t move its blueprints for change into real-boy programs with funding behind them.

Hawkeye 360, Leidos see synergy in ground target observation data analytics

Hawkeye 360, Leidos see synergy in ground target observation data analytics
Hawkeye 360, Leidos see synergy in ground target observation data analytics

Leidos’ investment raises Hawkeye 360’s total amount of Series D funding — typically the last round of private investment before a startup goes public — to $150 million.

NSA Should ‘Reevaluate’ Massive IC Cloud Contract: GAO

NSA Should ‘Reevaluate’ Massive IC Cloud Contract: GAO
NSA Should ‘Reevaluate’ Massive IC Cloud Contract: GAO

The GAO decision sustained a protest from Microsoft, saying the agency’s evaluation was partly “unreasonable.”

Army Awards Palantir $823M Contract For Enterprise ‘Data Fabric’

Army Awards Palantir $823M Contract For Enterprise ‘Data Fabric’
Army Awards Palantir $823M Contract For Enterprise ‘Data Fabric’

The award is part of the second capability drop of the Distributed Common Ground Systems-Army.

Nuke Sub Accord ‘First Step’ For Deeper US-Aussie Cooperation; Aussies Get NRO Ties

Nuke Sub Accord ‘First Step’ For Deeper US-Aussie Cooperation; Aussies Get NRO Ties
Nuke Sub Accord ‘First Step’ For Deeper US-Aussie Cooperation; Aussies Get NRO Ties

“This does not mean there are not constructive areas of engagement with China,” Australia Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Marise Payne said at the State Department today. She then noted that “US leadership within the Indo-Pacific remains indispensable.”

Israel, US Look To Tighten Intel Sharing Post-Afghanistan

Israel, US Look To Tighten Intel Sharing Post-Afghanistan
Israel, US Look To Tighten Intel Sharing Post-Afghanistan

Intel sharing was a major discussion during PM Bennett’s visit to Washington last week, as was increasing funding for F-15s and Iron Dome interceptors.