New joint intel report warns of cyber threats to growing LEO satellite constellations
A report by several national intelligence agencies offers mitigations to protect against cyberattacks on LEO satellite constellations.
Emirati consortium to launch first satellite of Sirb constellation by late 2026, early 2027: Exec
The project, called Sirb in a reference to the Arabic term for flock of birds, is to eventually put three UAE-made synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into low Earth orbit.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes next
On the two year anniversary of the war, the Breaking Defense team has assembled a series of pieces on the state of the conflict across multiple domains, what might come in year three, and what lessons the US has learned from the conflict.
DoD Launching Experiment For Space-Based Hypersonic Missile Detection
SDA and MDA need to characterize the Earth's infrared background -- which has "a lot of complex shapes to it, clouds, land and stuff like that" -- in order to "pull out the dim signal" of a hypersonic missile, an SDA official explained.
SDA Demos Spotlight Tech Hurdles To JADC2 Backbone
Two of the experiments, each involving two satellites, are focused on laser links: one between satellites themselves; the other from satellites to a MQ-9 Reaper drone on the ground.
SecDef OKs Joint Warfighting Concept; Joint Requirements Due Soon
A next step will be a series of "strategic directives" from the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that roll out "over the next few months," Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, Joint Staff J6 Deputy Director says.
Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture
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.
Exclusive: DARPA ‘Likely’ To Demo Only 2 Blackjack Payloads
"We really focused on payloads that had tactical utility, because they were an underserved market," said Blackjack program manager Stephen Forbes.
Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2
The upcoming upgrade to the Army’s tactical network, Capability Set ’23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.
Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR
"The Army needs information when and where they want it," said Rob Zitz, a former Army intel official. "The IC should not get a vote on what Army needs or how Army executes combat missions."
SDA & DARPA: June Demos To Prove Optical Sat Link Capability
"Getting a laser beam on a spacecraft to point to a laser receiver on another spacecraft accurately enough with the right power levels, the right waveforms, etc.,-- it's not an easy thing," said General Atomics VP Nick Bucci.
Hypersonics: SDA, Space Force Focus On Laser Links For Kill Chain
SDA currently is primarily focused on "beyond-line-of-sight targeting for sensitive targets -- so, for ships and mobile missiles," Director Derek Tournear says, as well as for "advanced missile threats."
Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021
In this fall’s Project Convergence exercises, it took a heroic effort just to get the network to work at all. Next year, the Army wants the network to function in the face of electronic attack.
‘Improvised Mode’: The Army Network Evolves In Project Convergence
How do you get targeting data from satellite to howitzer in less than 20 seconds, on a tactical network that was never designed to do that? You improvise, Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me.
Space Chief Targets Red Tape To Speed New Tech
"If we get this right, we will be the envy of the other services, because we're not tied to business of the past," says Space Force CSO Gen. Jay Raymond.