AFRL, NORTHCOM Eye Commercial Internet Sats For Arctic

AFRL, NORTHCOM Eye Commercial Internet Sats For Arctic
AFRL, NORTHCOM Eye Commercial Internet Sats For Arctic

“We’ll have communications capability up there within the next year or so,” said NORTHCOM commander Gen. Glen VanHerck.

EXCLUSIVE: NRO, SPACECOM Craft CONOPS For War In Space

EXCLUSIVE: NRO, SPACECOM Craft CONOPS For War In Space
EXCLUSIVE: NRO, SPACECOM Craft CONOPS For War In Space

WASHINGTON: For the first time, Space Command is working with the operator and builder of America’s spy satellites, the NRO, to develop a shared “playbook” of pre-agreed actions to defend military and spy satellites during a conflict, SPACECOM and NRO officials say. The ‘playbook’ is a central part of a new joint concept of operations (CONOP)…

Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily

Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily
Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily

“The fighter jet era has passed,” says Musk. The future, he averred, is “autonomous drone warfare.”

OSD, Services Get First Look At Air Force Multi-Domain Chops

OSD, Services Get First Look At Air Force Multi-Domain Chops
OSD, Services Get First Look At Air Force Multi-Domain Chops

Senior Pentagon and service officials observed the last day of the ground-breaking ABMS exercise and the Air Force engaged Northern Command to create and manage the scenario.

Griffin: DoD Can’t Rely on Commercial Satellite Communications

Griffin: DoD Can’t Rely on Commercial Satellite Communications
Griffin: DoD Can’t Rely on Commercial Satellite Communications

Griffin’s seeming skepticism about commercial ventures to provide global broadband and Internet services is in stark contrast to the enthusiasm bubbling out of the Air Force and the Army. 

Hey SDA, AFRL Boosts Space-Based Internet Tests

Hey SDA, AFRL Boosts Space-Based Internet Tests
Hey SDA, AFRL Boosts Space-Based Internet Tests

“I’ve never gotten a briefing from the Space Development Agency,” Roper said, “so I don’t know what their plan, I don’t know what they’re intending.”

‘Sizable Dollars’ For ABMS Likely in 2021 Request: Roper

‘Sizable Dollars’ For ABMS Likely in 2021 Request: Roper
‘Sizable Dollars’ For ABMS Likely in 2021 Request: Roper

Roper says he hopes Congress “will smile on the Air Force for breaking out of ‘Platform Land’ and actually putting money towards digital transformation.”