Maxar wins next phase of Army’s One World Terrain effort

Maxar wins next phase of Army’s One World Terrain effort
Maxar wins next phase of Army’s One World Terrain effort

Maxar has been working on the Army’s virtual map program since 2019.

Space Force agencies pile on to find ‘alternate PNT’ capabilities

Space Force agencies pile on to find ‘alternate PNT’ capabilities
Space Force agencies pile on to find ‘alternate PNT’ capabilities

Space Force’s primary acquisition command, Space Systems Command (SSC), is seeking industry input on the possibility of building smaller, lighter and cheaper GPS satellites.

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Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration

Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration
Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration

“Mission engineering” can integrate space and ground assets to push data to the edge.

US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims

US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims
US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims

“Ligado fails to plead any plausible facts to support its purely speculative claim that the Government has occupied its licensed spectrum,” alleges the DoJ motion to dismiss the satellite communication firm’s suit in US Federal Claims Court.

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The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground

The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground
The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground

Digital engineering and modern tools and processes offer near-term opportunities to improve satellite mission planning, data processing, command and control, and cybersecurity.

Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals

Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals
Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals

SDA Director Derek Tournear said next year his organization will begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for regional communications, which also will carry a “navigation message” embedded in their venerable Link 16 data links.

Ligado sues DoD, Commerce for $39B in long-running spectrum saga

Ligado sues DoD, Commerce for $39B in long-running spectrum saga
Ligado sues DoD, Commerce for $39B in long-running spectrum saga

The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-spanning battle between Ligado and opponents in government.

From Polaris to pulsars: Navy eyes celestial navigation as GPS alternative

From Polaris to pulsars: Navy eyes celestial navigation as GPS alternative
From Polaris to pulsars: Navy eyes celestial navigation as GPS alternative

Pulsar-based PNT could be used in cislunar space — where the Space Force already is eyeing future operations — or farther out into the solar system where GPS signals do not reach, explained Paul Ray, NRL’s head of high energy astrophysics and applications.

Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers

Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers
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.

Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center

Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center
Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center

In a rare tour of the GPS ops floor, Lt. Col. Robert Wray, commander of the Space Force’s 2nd Operations Squadron responsible for GPS operations, described the mission and why timing, more than anything, is critical.

Space Force seeks 12% budget boost, to $30B, with R&D focus

Space Force seeks 12% budget boost, to $30B, with R&D focus
Space Force seeks 12% budget boost, to $30B, with R&D focus

“The threat is racing to out pace us,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in a budget pre-briefing on March 10.

SDA hopes SABRE sensors can slash missile testing costs by ‘millions’

SDA hopes SABRE sensors can slash missile testing costs by ‘millions’
SDA hopes SABRE sensors can slash missile testing costs by ‘millions’

SDA already has a lot of interest from the Army and DoD’s testing community in its Space-Based Telemetry Monitoring, Electronic Support, and Alternative Navigation (SABRE) project.

NGA’s Stardust will modernize Earth models for GPS, mapping

NGA’s Stardust will modernize Earth models for GPS, mapping
NGA’s Stardust will modernize Earth models for GPS, mapping

NGA is looking to both upgrade its software-based terrestrial data models and transition them to a cloud environment.