Pentagon mulling new critical infrastructure defense ops plan: VanHerck
"I think the future of homeland defense looks vastly different than it does today," NORTHCOM/NORAD Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck said Thursday.
Kendall: Air Force studying ‘military applications’ for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence
At the moment, "generative" AI systems have "limited utility" for the US military, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, but could help with some tasks if applied "in an ethical way."
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
India signs Artemis Accords, tightening ties with US in space race with China
New Delhi's adherence to the accords represents a boost to US efforts to rally allies to help counter China's expansion of its own civil and military space activities, as well as Beijing's use of space as a soft-power tool on the global stage.
SAIC to build software app factory for Space Development Agency
The development and testing processes enabled by the new software environment will be game-changing, because in the end it will allow "satellites to be upgraded in space," SAIC's vice president for space, David Ray, told Breaking Defense.
DARPA, SpaceLogistics step toward 2025 launch of orbital robotic ‘mechanic’ for satellites
The robotic arms built by the Naval Research Laboratory to be carried on a SpaceLogistics Mission Robotic Vehicle are designed to operate "autonomously" to do "inspection, orbital adjustment, repair and upgrade" missions on spacecraft "that were not designed to be grappled," Bill Vincent, the lab's program manager, told Breaking Defense.
Debris from ASAT tests creating ‘bad neighborhood’ in low Earth orbit: Analyst
Russian and Chinese anti-satellite tests are responsible for "pretty much 20 percent" of "conjunction" warnings, that is predictions that two space objects are likely to collide, in 2022, said the State Department's Eric Desautels.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
NORTHCOM’s head sets record straight on missile defense boundaries with SPACECOM
After what Gen. Glen VanHerck called a "totally deceiving and incorrect" SPACECOM statement, there was widespread confusion about who is charged with the missile defense mission.
Luxembourg greenlights new military SATCOM network using SES satellites
The plan is designed not just to improve Luxembourg's military space capabilities, but also specifically to improve defense cooperation with the US by "jointly exploiting" the new SES satellites.
Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers
The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.
Commerce slates mid-July for next round of space traffic ‘industry engagements’
"As the world gets more complicated, and there are more and more [space situational awareness] providers, the issue of who pays will be one which continually gets battered around," said Richard DalBello, the Office of Space Commerce.
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
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Top-level study on Intel Community, Space Force satellite control coming soon
The National Reconnaissance Office has "grown and evolved and recognized, just as well as we have, that they have responsibilities that are not traditional" with regard to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from satellites, said Space Force vice chief Gen. DT Thompson.
Draft House defense policy bill would speed hypersonic missile defense interceptor
The draft National Space Authorization Act would also push Space Force on integrating commercial data and on over-classification of space programs.
Draft House NDAA would create Space National Guard
In addition, the subcommittee's markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would add 800 Guardians to the Space Force's active duty end-strength, as requested by the service — including establishing a dedicated Space Force legislative liaison.
A Space Force dozen: SpaceX, ULA awarded contracts to launch 12 new satellites
Spy satellites, classified payloads among the newly scheduled launches.