SDA opens contest for 54 ‘Tranche 3’ missile tracking satellites
According to the formal solicitation posted on SAM.gov, SDA is looking to make three awards for 18 satellites each.
Experts see Hezbollah ‘escalation’ in use of new missiles, as group weathers Israeli bombardment
Hezbollah, likely spooked by Israel's ability to locate and kill senior members, may have opted a "use-over-lose" approach to the missiles, one expert said.
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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.
‘Extremely concerned’: American generals raise alarm over Iran’s tightening ties with Russia, China
"They're trying to get what they want. They're trying to replace the West and, moreover, the United States in our access and influence across this crucial continent," US Africa Command chief Gen. Michael Langley told lawmakers.
Houthi Red Sea strikes kill first sailors, as ballistic missile threat proliferates
The range showed by Houthi missiles holds US bases at risk, and both China and Russia are watching closely to see what happens, experts say.
Russia-North Korea ‘partnership’ could have long-lasting repercussions, NSC official warns
Pyongyang seeks "direct military assistance from Russia to include fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles and ballistic missile production equipment," said Mira Rapp Hooper, the White House's top advisor on the Korean peninsula,
Iran shows off naval guns, missiles and UAV named ‘Gaza’ at Qatari defense show
One representative at Tehran's expansive booth told Breaking Defense the weapons are available to export to basically any country except the US and Israel.
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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.
Why North Korea responds the way it does to US-ROK exercises
"It is important to keep in mind that while the US and ROK certainly have the right to conduct drills as they see fit, what they have been doing is NOT business as usual," Jenny Town, a Korean analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington, wrote in an email.
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Overhead Persistent IR is how hypersonic and maneuverable threats will be tracked
Two of the five OPIR missile warning satellites will be polar-oriented to sense ballistic missile threats from adversaries. All five are designed to not only detect launches but to track missiles as they maneuver.
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Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6
The ability of the SPY-6 family of radars to meet today’s new threats is due to both its modular and scalable hardware and its software-defined backbone.
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Air threats can simultaneously attack from all directions so the radars that track them must see everywhere
The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor is designed to detect threats from 360-degrees, ranging from UAS, 5th-generation fighters, helicopters, cruise missiles, and ballistic and non-ballistic missiles.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
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The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar
The ability to track smaller and faster objects at longer distances gives naval vessels more time to respond to incoming threats.
PLA exercises after Pelosi Taiwan visit were largely pre-planned
Reacting to the PLA's previous large-scale exercise in the Taiwan straits in 1995-1996, the United States deployed two carrier battlegroups in response. The Chinese undoubtedly noted that this latest exercise, which included missile overflights of the island, led to a far more muted reaction, writes Dean Cheng.
PLA patrols, missile launches ‘new normal’ for Taiwan
"In the future, Chinese missiles may well REGULARLY overfly Taiwan," says China expert Dean Cheng. "Thereby increasing tension, increasing pressure on the island. All of which, in the CCP's estimation, will make Taipei knuckle under."
To track hypersonic missiles, Space Force to develop ‘at least’ 4 MEO satellites
A study by the Space Warfighting Analysis Center that determined a multi-layered network of satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), highly-elliptical polar orbit, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) is necessary to provide comprehensive ballistic and hypersonic missile warning and tracking.