“When one of our two industry partners struggled with delivering on cost and schedule, we were able to quickly pivot and still maintain program progress by turning to the performing vendor,” Col. Rob Davis, program executive officer for SSC’s Space Sensing Directorate, said.
By Theresa HitchensAdvances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat
Drones, high-speed cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles attacking together from 360° creates complexity only certain radars can handle.
Tournear said that the optical intersatellite link demonstration was final success in a trifecta of baseline challenges to SDA’s plan to network hundreds of military satellites in LEO, as well as to eventually to integrate commercial satellites into the mix.
By Theresa Hitchens
“This was done because the RTX Epoch 1 development effort was facing significant cost growth from the original agreement baseline, projecting slips to the launch schedule, and had unresolved design challenges,” a Space Systems Command spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space Force to restructure all missions into ‘integrated’ units to boost readiness: Lt. Gen. Garrant
“In the next few months, you can look for missile warning and space domain awareness as two mission areas [to be restructured], and then in the future satellite communications, for example, and then orbital warfare,” Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Systems Command, told the Mitchell Institute today.
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With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
By Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall explained that the “small decrease in the number for the Space Force” isn’t itself quite reflective of reality, as there are mitigating circumstances that lessen the blow.
By Theresa Hitchens
“This is not only new; it’s astounding. It’s shocking. It’s a huge change (if adopted),” one industry contractor told Breaking Defense of the proposal.
By Theresa Hitchens
Display screens are the eyes for maneuver forces needing to command and control
The Army is upfitting vehicles with big 24 or 32-inch displays that present multiple sources of data for a full operational picture.
While GEOST has made infrared sensors for classified systems in the ones and twos, the new contract will involve building infrared sensors designed to be used in a larger constellation, LightRidge CEO Bill Gattle told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Space Force expects the multi-faceted Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program to cost a total of $2.4 billion.
By Theresa Hitchens The “baseline” MEO missile warning/tracking configuration providing global coverage will include “approximately 27 satellites,” said SSC program lead Col. Heather Bogstie.
By Theresa Hitchens
A five-year funding chart included in the strategy shows a steep increase in planned missile warning spending.
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Survivability that spans the spectrum.
By BAE Systems The contract, announced by the company today, will support Space Systems Command’s Program Executive Office for Space Sensing, which is responsible for the service’s missile warning, weather monitoring and “persistent tactical surveillance” programs.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Defense Department in particular has been keen to build up military space ties with its allies and partners in Asia in the face of China’s rapid buildup of its own space capabilities, including the development of technologies that could hold US and allied space assets at risk in a regional conflict.
By Theresa Hitchens
