DARPA Space Manufacturing Project Sparks Controversy
"As you surely know, there is a lot of emotion in this on both sides of the argument, making it as much political as it is legal," said attorney Henry Hertzfeld of the DARPA plans.
Operational Comms, Missile Tracking Sats Up In 2024: SDA
The next group of satellites, "Tranche 1 is going to be a big deal," says SDA Director Derek Tournear, ensuring troops have "persistent regional access" to comms and missile warning/tracking data.
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Constantly evolving aerial threats demand training that adapts accordingly
With potential adversaries no longer predictable, training must move beyond just live exercises and flight simulators.
Costs Of Cruise Missile Defense May Top Benefits, Suggests CBO
“We’re not going to be able to defend every acre of North America," Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), says bluntly.
DoD Faces Tough Decisions On Space Rules
"The understanding of what deterrence is has been misinterpreted, reinterpreted, run through a ringer, chopped up and turned into a hamburger. I mean, it's just that nobody there [at DoD] seems to understand what it means exactly," one former government official said.
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Managing Satellite Data Across Constellations And Orbits
Raytheon Technologies’ command-and-control systems work on any platform, with any sensor.
Biden Admin Expected To Rein In ‘Space Power’ Push
Instead of focusing on the pressing need to shore up vulnerabilities in current and near-term space capabilities, says one critic, Space Force and SPACECOM are "all off trying to train for how they're going to go fight a space war."
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An autonomy blueprint is essential to keep legacy platforms relevant in modern warfare
It’s about improving existing platforms with autonomy, and applying AI, edge computing, quantum encryption, and sensor fusion.
White House, DoT Promote More Dough For GPS Alternatives
WASHINGTON: No currently available commercial alternative can provide a stand-alone backup to GPS, concludes a long-awaited study led by the Transportation Department. While some systems can stand in for GPS’s timing function, none provide robust enough positioning and navigation capabilities, the study concludes. The study, Complementary PNT and GPS Backup Technologies Demonstration Report, was released Friday […]
Space Force Awards NSTXL Space Consortium Contract
The Space & Missile Systems Center has reaffirmed its choice of NSTXL to manage the public-private Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), rejecting allegations by The Washington Post.
New IC Commercial Space Council Hopes To Speed Intel To Users
NRO, NGA, CIA, DIA and NSA are the "standing members" of the new council, says its chairman David Gauthier of NGA.