Commercial ISR satellite operators petition Congress to reverse NRO cuts
The June 16 letter asserts that the cuts will undercut the Pentagon's Golden Dome plan to create an air and missile defense shield over the US homeland.
Australian startup targets AUKUS market for novel space tracking antenna
Quasar Satellite Technologies is planning to open a US office in 2024, "most likely in Colorado," with the other option being in the Washington, DC area, CEO Phil Ridley told Breaking Defense.
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International meeting could imperil Pentagon’s radar, intel-gathering systems
The month-long World Radiocommunications Conference in Dubai will decide whether to change how spectrum use is allocate among various users - including spectrum needed by DoD planes and ships operating abroad.
HawkEye 360’s next 3 satellites to fly on Rocket Lab’s inaugural Virginia launch
Rather than going into a polar orbit, the Cluster 6 birds will be stationed in an inclined orbit over the middle of the globe, explained HawkEye 360's Chief Operating Office Rob Rainhart in an interview with Breaking Defense.
Lockheed Martin invests $100M in SAR-satellite maker Terran Orbital
Marc Bell, Terran Orbital's CEO, told Breaking Defense that despite the decision to abandon plans for its PredaSAR subsidiary to operate a SAR-sat constellation, the company intends to fully uphold its obligations under a pair of contracts with NRO.
Spy satellite agency NRO awards RF geolocation study contracts to 6 companies
“Since the 2019 award of an integration study contract for commercial RF, we’ve seen increasing demand for this data source from across the user community,” said Chris Scolese, director of the NRO.
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
House lawmakers urge spy satellite agency to beef up commercial SAR acquisition
The markup also calls for a comprehensive report on how DoD plans to leverage ISR data from commercial radio frequency (RF) satellites, noting that lawmakers have been "encouraged" by the successful use of RF geolocation in exercises, including by European Command.
After success in Ukraine, NRO to pitch satellite firms on radio frequency geolocation
Pete Muend, director of the NRO Commercial Systems Program Office, told the USGIF GEOINT 2022 conference that RF tracking for Ukraine has been "great benefit," and spy agency wants to expand the capability.
Hawkeye 360, Leidos see synergy in ground target observation data analytics
Leidos' investment raises Hawkeye 360's total amount of Series D funding — typically the last round of private investment before a startup goes public — to $150 million.
NRO Trims Red Tape For Commercial Imagery Data
"LiDAR is a really neat technology, and we've got to take advantage of it," NRO Director Chris Scolese said.
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Spire Pivots Weather CubeSats To SIGINT Missions
Detecting interference with Global Positioning System sat signals in conflict zones actually is "low hanging fruit," says Spire's Conor Brown. "We're picking them up accidentally with our weather satellites."
Space Force Wants Extra $$ To Speed Deep Space Ops
The largest of the four categories is called "Develop A Warfighter Punch" and includes $279 million for classified programs.
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.
Space Force Eyes Buying Commercial Satellite ISR
"Comms, data relay, remote sensing, and even ISR and some other things -- [these] capabilities are increasingly available in the commercial market," Space Force deputy Lt. Gen. DT Thompson said today.