The proposed framework is based on adapting the risk-based approach the international air traffic control system uses to manage airspace to prevent planes from colliding, said Kevin Toner, vice president of MITRE's Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization.
The goal of the accelerator is to bring industry, government and academia together to integrate SDA computer systems to "fully leverage" data from myriad sources across the Defense Department, the Intelligence Community, other government agencies, allies and commercial firms — a seemingly unsolvable problem that has bedeviled the Pentagon for decades.
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
"Each nation possesses unique advantages, technological capacities, and strategic geographic positions that, when combined, have the potential to significantly advance humanity's understanding of what's going on in space," the paper says.
While lawmakers worry over lack of oversight, MITRE's Pete Modigliani tells Breaking Defense, "The Middle Tier of Acquisition pathway is one of DoD’s most valuable tools to rapidly deliver capabilities ... to deter China’s threat."
The MITRE-developed software has been transferred to Space Systems Command for operational prototyping.
For the future fighting concept, "we must shift from domain-centric to mission-centric effects, planning and execution. And that has to start with rethinking our C2 from the ground up," writes Scott Lee of MITRE.
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UPDATED: To clarify costs. WASHINGTON: Ground integration tests of the experimental NTS-3 satellite, designed to demonstrate alternate positioning, navigation and timing capabilities to those now provided by GPS, will begin next month, an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) official tells Breaking Defense. “We’re just getting into what we call the ‘end-to-end system integration’ test. We’re […]
While ATT&CK focuses on standardizing the way cyber warriors understand and talk about offensive cyber, D3FEND focuses on common defensive measures.
"It’s ultimately a political decision, and ... this demands a strong and fully staffed OSD," said Mackenzie Eaglen, of the American Enterprise Institute. "That doesn’t seem likely until much later this year."
"It's ridiculous, to be quite candid. It is encroachment on roles and missions," says Mitchell Institute's Dave Deptula about Army plans for super long-range weapons that rival the capabilities of Air Force combat aircraft.
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
The Space-ISAC will help space companies understand and comply with DoD's new Cyber Maturity Model Certification to qualify for contracts.
The current status of the Air Force fleet is "like a power-stall in an airplane," Todd Harrison of CSIS says, despite a budget at "full throttle."
The National Security Council, Air Force Space Command, the Missile Defense Agency, and NASA among others will share analysis about, warnings of, and potential responses to cybersecurity threats to satellites and ground stations with industry under a new public-private partnership.
Most of the system that allows the president to launch nuclear weapons and to know what the enemy is doing with theirs is ancient. No one yet agrees what it must replaced with. And no one knows how much it will cost, although late last month the Congressional Budget Office issued an estimate of $77 billion.