Bring on the unstoppable rise of thinking war machines
In this op-ed, Clayton Swope of the Aerospace Security Project and CSIS says that the US cannot fall behind as its adversaries move to develop AI-enabled weapons.
As Baltics see spike in GPS jamming, NATO must respond
Dana Goward, president of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, argues in this op-ed that Russia could be putting civilians at risk with suspected jamming in Eastern Europe.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
AFRL’s little NTS-3 test satellite holds 100 possibilities to help secure or backup GPS
"We know that the way of warfare has changed, and we're going to be having difficulties with jamming, and having difficulties getting our position navigation and timing signals to our warfighters," said AFRL Director Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle.
Satellite jamming ‘normal’ by militaries during conflict, not peacetime: State Dept. official
WASHINGTON: The Russian military’s jamming of GPS signals and communications satellites in Ukraine is considered by the US government as essentially a routine wartime activity, according to a senior State Department official. Judging from actual real world actions during recent conflicts around the globe, Washington and Moscow appear to be on the same page with […]
‘Local’ Russian GPS jamming in Ukraine hasn’t affected US support ops, so far
The Pentagon doesn't believe Russia has fully unleashed its significant electronic warfare capabilities, a senior defense official said.
US space leaders warn sat operators to beware likely Russian interference
"We've been talking about the fact that space is contested, and we're probably right in the middle now of our first space fight," said Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
BAE Cuts Operating Costs Of F-35 EW System By 50 Percent
BAE has been working to convince its own suppliers to enter into performance-based logistics to cut costs and increase availability of its EW system for the Joint Strike Fighter, said Betsy Warren, BAE's director of sustainment for Electronic Combat Solutions.
Jamming Strikes OSCE Drones Tracking Russian Forces
Since March, the OSCE’s “long-range UAVs have been experiencing increased levels of GPS signal interference on take-off and landing, affecting both of their GPS receivers,” the group said in a statement.
SASC Wants Alternative GPS By 2023
"I think this shows that the committee is taking the jamming and spoofing threats to GPS seriously, and it is prompting DoD to focus its efforts on countering these threats," Todd Harrison, director of the Defense Aerospace Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says.
New Coalition Widens Opposition; Inhofe, Reed Draft Anti-Ligado Bill
Dale Leibach, Keep GPS Working spokesperson, says that already "about one-third -- Republicans and Democrats -- of the Senate oppose" the Ligado plan.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Feds, DoD & Lawmakers Oppose FCC’s Ligado 5G Plan
"The Department continues to support domestic 5G options, but not at the risk of crippling our GPS networks," Defense Secretary Mark Esper tweeted yesterday after the FCC vote.
Air Force Wants Multi-Platform Jammers To Support MDO
The RFI is one of the first industry solicitations since the Air Force announced in April 2019 an overhaul of its EW operations to counter Russian and Chinese advances, and to enable multi-domain operations.
3D Mapping for Army Hinges On Bandwidth
Gary Blohm, director of the Army Geospatial Center, said 3D is important to troop training and to operational planning because it "helps us navigate, especially when we get to urban environments."
Israel Bombs Quds Force In Syria; Thwarts Iran Armed Drone Attack
Israel initially jammed all communications between the drone operators and their weapons and then bombed the facility on the night of Aug. 24, Israeli sources say.