‘Urgent need’: Army ‘Space Vision’ calls for new investment in kit, personnel

‘Urgent need’: Army ‘Space Vision’ calls for new investment in kit, personnel
‘Urgent need’: Army ‘Space Vision’ calls for new investment in kit, personnel

As well as leveraging space systems for its own operations, the Army intends to invest in capabilities to counter enemy space systems, the new vision document explains.

A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms

A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms
A Musk monopoly? For now, Ukraine has few options outside Starlink for battlefield satcoms

“I think everyone agrees that if there’s a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense,” industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But “I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don’t normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter.”

Northrop Demos Radio, Possible Multi Domain Key

Northrop Demos Radio, Possible Multi Domain Key
Northrop Demos Radio, Possible Multi Domain Key

The Northrop Grumman radio will provide one-stop access to four types of radio communications widely used by all services for air-to-air and air-to-ground communications.

Is It Terminal? Mess Threatens DoD SATCOM & Multi-Domain

Is It Terminal? Mess Threatens DoD SATCOM & Multi-Domain
Is It Terminal? Mess Threatens DoD SATCOM & Multi-Domain

DoD currently maintains 17,000 terminals with “approximately 135 different designs,” GAO said. Those terminals operate across diverse platforms—such as ships, backpacks, vehicles — all with differing system requirements.

Eyeing DoD Biz, Inmarsat Buys Airborne Terminals

Eyeing DoD Biz, Inmarsat Buys Airborne Terminals
Eyeing DoD Biz, Inmarsat Buys Airborne Terminals

While industry remains hopeful, GAO says DoD lacks a plan for integrating commercial satellite communications capabilities.

‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill

‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill
‘This Is Our Sputnik Moment:’ Rep. Bridenstine Offers Sweeping Space Bill

COLORADO SPRINGS: Declaring the words in the headline, a junior congressman from Oklahoma who has stepped into a void of space leadership in the House, Rep. James Bridenstine, boldly told a jaded audience of senior space officials, diplomats, enthusiasts and the aerospace industry today that America “must forever be the preeminent spacefaring nation.” Bridenstine unveiled his American…