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Intelsat’s satellite services provide options to address a variety of missions, including all-domain defense operations, border security management, and disaster/humanitarian relief.

Breaking Defense Announces Further Expansion With Networks and Cyber Reporter

Breaking Defense Announces Further Expansion With Networks and Cyber Reporter
Breaking Defense Announces Further Expansion With Networks and Cyber Reporter

Breaking Defense, the leading business media brand on the strategy, policy and technology of defense, is pleased to announce an exciting new development with the hire of Brad D. Williams as its new Networks and Cyber beat reporter. The move underlines the focus that Breaking Defense is committed to providing the fast-growing and transformational market…

Air Force Awards $95M For Cyber Intelligence

Air Force Awards $95M For Cyber Intelligence
Air Force Awards $95M For Cyber Intelligence

The investment is a sign of the Air Force’s commitment to fighting war effectively across all domains, including cyber and its electronic warfare cousin.

Eye On Iran, Gulf Countries’ Deploy New C4I Systems

Eye On Iran, Gulf Countries’ Deploy New C4I Systems
Eye On Iran, Gulf Countries’ Deploy New C4I Systems

A new C4ISR system will give Bahrain Defense Forces an “integrated vivid picture of the theater of operations for the benefit of command centers,” Mohamed Al-Kenany, defense analyst at the Arab Forum for Policy Analysis in Cairo, says.

Special Ops: ‘Further Behind Than We Know’ On New Tech

Special Ops: ‘Further Behind Than We Know’ On New Tech
Special Ops: ‘Further Behind Than We Know’ On New Tech

“We had owned the air space and the EW spectrum,” said SOCOM acquisition chief James Smith. “I would argue that has already turned. We are in a contested environment, where we have to fight for airspace and EW spectrum. It’s contested.”

EXCLUSIVE: Drones Now Dominate Israeli Flying Operations

EXCLUSIVE: Drones Now Dominate Israeli Flying Operations
EXCLUSIVE: Drones Now Dominate Israeli Flying Operations

“Last year 78 percent of the IAF’s operational flight hours were performed by UAS. This year the number jumped and is 80 percent,” Lt. Col. S. told me at the Tel-Nof Air Force base, where the largest Israeli drone, the Heron-TP flies from. Breaking Defense was granted exclusive access to the White Eagle squadron there.

Air Force 386 Squadron Plan: Hallucination Or Negotiating Tactic

Air Force 386 Squadron Plan: Hallucination Or Negotiating Tactic
Air Force 386 Squadron Plan: Hallucination Or Negotiating Tactic

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced “the Air Force we need”, a significant expansion of the Air Force from 312 operational squadrons to 386. One thing is clear. It will be really expensive. The annual additional cost would be about $37 billion at a time when budget projections show no increase, and up to 94,000 additional personnel, active and reserve.

Lockheed Holds Classified War Game To Test Multi-Domain Concepts

Lockheed Holds Classified War Game To Test Multi-Domain Concepts
Lockheed Holds Classified War Game To Test Multi-Domain Concepts

WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin views the multi-domain warfare concept as so important it is funding and holding a series of classified war games to explore strategies, Concepts of Operation and weapons to see how they might perform taking on an A2/AD opponent. The second game begins today and ends Thursday. As Breaking D readers know, the Multi-Domain approach…