Space Organizations Partner To Boost Cybersecurity

Space Organizations Partner To Boost Cybersecurity
Space Organizations Partner To Boost Cybersecurity

“We don’t have a parochial view, thinking that because [a cyber incident] happened over there [in that industry], it can’t happen here [in the space industry],” AIAA’s Lee says.

Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics

Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics
Paratroopers Pioneer New Army Network, Tactics

New radios offer dramatically greater range, clarity, & data — once soldiers and leaders figure out how best to use them.

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2
Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2

The upcoming upgrade to the Army’s tactical network, Capability Set ’23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.

Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem

Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem
Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem

The hard part is structuring the data hand-off. Decisions will come up on how much data management takes place on the satellites and how they will use software-defined communications. Enter service politics.

The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation

The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation
The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation

While visionary corporate leaders may be willing to take high risks on space, a space economy will rely on markets to price risk and insure space activity. Normalizing business in space will require the United States to provide the public good of security in Earth orbit, just as the US Navy instills confidence in maritime commerce on the high seas.

Indo-Pacific Commander Delivers $27 Billion Plan to Congress

Indo-Pacific Commander Delivers $27 Billion Plan to Congress
Indo-Pacific Commander Delivers $27 Billion Plan to Congress

The report, delivered to Capitol Hill on Monday, sketches out the ask for the 2022 budget and in the years out to 2027, envisioning a long-range plan that Indo-Pacom commander Adm. Phil Davidson first introduced last year.

Senate Appropriators Cut R&D To Buy More Weapons

Senate Appropriators Cut R&D To Buy More Weapons
Senate Appropriators Cut R&D To Buy More Weapons

The Senate Appropriations Committee proposal adds $2.4 billion to procure more weapons ASAP – especially F-35s – and cuts longer-range R&D by $2.1 billion.

Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021

Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021
Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021

In this fall’s Project Convergence exercises, it took a heroic effort just to get the network to work at all. Next year, the Army wants the network to function in the face of electronic attack.

Pushing Data ‘From Space To Mud’: Project Convergence

Pushing Data ‘From Space To Mud’: Project Convergence
Pushing Data ‘From Space To Mud’: Project Convergence

“I have never in my life seen the cooperation between the agencies…the services…[and] across the Army” that’s happening in this fall’s wargames, Army space expert Willie Nelson told me.

‘Improvised Mode’: The Army Network Evolves In Project Convergence

‘Improvised Mode’: The Army Network Evolves In Project Convergence
‘Improvised Mode’: The Army Network Evolves In Project Convergence

How do you get targeting data from satellite to howitzer in less than 20 seconds, on a tactical network that was never designed to do that? You improvise, Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me.

Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s

Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s
Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s

The new weapons are meant to keep Israel’s qualitative edge after President Trump agreed to sell the F-35 to the UAE and Teheran rattles its homemade swords, furious about the new era between Israel and some Gulf states.

Target Gone In 20 Seconds: Army Sensor-Shooter Test

Target Gone In 20 Seconds: Army Sensor-Shooter Test
Target Gone In 20 Seconds: Army Sensor-Shooter Test

This fall’s first Project Convergence exercise aims to feed targeting data from satellites to artillery so fast that gunners can unleash precision fire in much less than a minute. And that’s just the start.

Army Tests New All Domain Kill Chain: From Space To AI

Army Tests New All Domain Kill Chain: From Space To AI
Army Tests New All Domain Kill Chain: From Space To AI

Experimental AI software, Prometheus and SHOT, can turn masses of data – from both government and commercial satellites – into precise targets for long-range missiles and cannon. But what do the humans do?