America's armed forces already suffers damages and handicaps due to climate change, and recent action is only going to make it worse, writes Will Rogers of Johns Hopkins University.
Beyond the potential consequences for the US industry, a reduction in NRO acquisition of commercial imagery also could directly impact US and allied military commanders in the field and US agencies charged with disaster relief, industry and government officials warned.
Defending a country the size of the US from threats requires advanced sensing, communications and interception capabilities.
Muon Space CEO Jonny Dyer told Breaking Defense that while the five-year-old startup is working in both the civil and defense sectors, the growth trend is on the defense side.
John Phelan's memos come only a few weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth published a memo directing the termination of $5 billion worth of contracts.
“We know that over the past decade, we have not paid attention to our installations the way we should,” said Ravi Chaudhary, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment.
In this op-ed, Caroline Baxter lays out why climate change needs to be integrated into military preparations.
From emerging data networks to missile tracking and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together essential reporting on the evolving role of satellites in national security.
"The Pacific Islands occupy a pivotal location that is important to U.S. efforts to protect Americans and deny China’s regional hegemonic ambitions," Andrew Harding, the report's author says.
The company's capability to precisely measure land surface temperatures — using data from a wide variety or Earth monitoring satellites and a software suite for data fusion — has potential military and national security applications.
"One of China’s most salient advantages in the competition is its ability to identify and woo both public influencers and elites in [Pacific island] governments, whether via licit or illicit means," MITRE analysts conclude.
"High resolution (spatial and temporal) global weather data is more readily accessible from commercial platforms, and is increasingly important for making well-informed decisions in geographically diverse environments around the world," the DIU-AFLCMC announcement states.
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The National Security Strategy is finally out, 22 months into the Biden administration. But what does it actually say?
China is still the pacing threat, but challenges like climate change, inflation and food insecurity "are not marginal issues, they are not secondary to geopolitics,” said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Step-by-step plan shows that nearly 76 percent of the that $6.8 billion goes toward increasing the climate resiliency of Army installations with microgrids and vehicle electrification.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made a bold promise to the Pacific island leaders: “You can count on the United States partnering with you.”