Space Force’s primary acquisition command, Space Systems Command (SSC), is seeking industry input on the possibility of building smaller, lighter and cheaper GPS satellites.
By Theresa HitchensA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
SDA Director Derek Tournear said next year his organization will begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for regional communications, which also will carry a “navigation message” embedded in their venerable Link 16 data links.
By Theresa Hitchens
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy commander, said that the new deltas will be organized along the same lines as SSC’s current Acquisition Deltas.
By Theresa Hitchens
The two new Integrated Mission Deltas will be responsible for all aspects of electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
By Theresa Hitchens
Pulsar-based PNT could be used in cislunar space — where the Space Force already is eyeing future operations — or farther out into the solar system where GPS signals do not reach, explained Paul Ray, NRL’s head of high energy astrophysics and applications.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space Systems Command’s new Commercial Space Marketplace for Innovation and Collaboration (COSMIC) facility in Chantilly, Virg., will serve as the “physical headquarters” for the SSC Commercial Space Office.
By Theresa Hitchens
In a rare tour of the GPS ops floor, Lt. Col. Robert Wray, commander of the Space Force’s 2nd Operations Squadron responsible for GPS operations, described the mission and why timing, more than anything, is critical.
By Theresa Hitchens
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
SDA already has a lot of interest from the Army and DoD’s testing community in its Space-Based Telemetry Monitoring, Electronic Support, and Alternative Navigation (SABRE) project.
By Theresa Hitchens
NGA is looking to both upgrade its software-based terrestrial data models and transition them to a cloud environment.
By Theresa Hitchens
“SDA is considering signals different to GPS, but offered within the same frequency bands. If SDA’s military PNT service is located within the existing GPS frequency bands, it will minimize integration cost of new antenna systems on terrestrial weapon systems,” explained Jennifer Elzea, SDA spokesperson.
By Theresa Hitchens
Michael Monteleone, director of the Army’s assured PNT and space cross functional team, said that the service is interested in high altitude platforms as a capability for “bridging between an aerial layer and space.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The experimental tech would directly alert soldiers on the ground when GPS signals have been disrupted.
By Theresa Hitchens
The report, required by Congress to get to the bottom of whether Ligado’s network would interfere with DoD capabilities, classifies much of the military impact.
By Theresa Hitchens
“So, we have people doing things all the way from orbitology, to design, build, assemble, integrate, test, and then ultimately operate,” said Steven Meier, director of the Naval Research Lab’s Naval Center for Space Technology.
By Theresa Hitchens
