‘No silver bullet:’ Military will need multiple systems to back up GPS

‘No silver bullet:’ Military will need multiple systems to back up GPS
‘No silver bullet:’ Military will need multiple systems to back up GPS

Each technique available now or in the foreseeable future for what is known as alt-PNT comes with a need to make size, weight, power and cost trade-offs based on what type of platform is being used, according to experts.

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Breaking the kill chain with full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare

Breaking the kill chain with full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare
Breaking the kill chain with full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare

Breaking Defense Q&A with James Fairbanks, Director of Operational Analysis and Threat Lab Group, BAE Systems

Aalyria envisions communications revolution for Earth, the Moon and beyond

Aalyria envisions communications revolution for Earth, the Moon and beyond
Aalyria envisions communications revolution for Earth, the Moon and beyond

“I think what people will find is that this type of advancement, going from ground-to-space, changes the whole space economy,” Aalyria’s CEO Chris Taylor said. “I think it’s going to be monumental.”

ATLAS Space: A ‘Netflix’ for satellite ground operations software

ATLAS Space: A ‘Netflix’ for satellite ground operations software
ATLAS Space: A ‘Netflix’ for satellite ground operations software

“We are a ground software service provider,” ATLAS Space co-founder Mike Carey told Breaking Defense. “We’ve come up with a very modern, cloud-based, scalable secure platform by which any number of antennas can be brought in.”

Dangerous, expanding satellite population poses policy challenges to US government

Dangerous, expanding satellite population poses policy challenges to US government
Dangerous, expanding satellite population poses policy challenges to US government

“We need to address space debris so that space is sustainable and remains a working environment,” Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, assistant director for space policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), said today.

Spire Pivots Weather CubeSats To SIGINT Missions

Spire Pivots Weather CubeSats To SIGINT Missions
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.”

SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation

SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation
SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation

SDA intends to choose three contractors next year to design and build up to 144 new satellites.

What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?

What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?
What Satellite Attack Weapon Might The US Reveal Soon?

Space based jammers? Kinetic kill vehicles? Ground based lasers? The Pentagon has a space weapon it’s ready to show, but it’s not clear exactly what it will be.

Exclusive: DARPA ‘Likely’ To Demo Only 2 Blackjack Payloads

Exclusive: DARPA ‘Likely’ To Demo Only 2 Blackjack Payloads
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.

DoD Deal Targets Doubling Efficiency Of 5G Spectrum

DoD Deal Targets Doubling Efficiency Of 5G Spectrum
DoD Deal Targets Doubling Efficiency Of 5G Spectrum

“Fundamentally, we do it the same way as noise canceling headphones; we listen to what the radio transmits and inject it in reverse in the radio, so the radio thinks that it doesn’t hear itself, and it can hear everything else” Joel Brand of Kumu Networks says.

DARPA’s R3D2: Big Company Makes Small Sat Fast

DARPA’s R3D2: Big Company Makes Small Sat Fast
DARPA’s R3D2: Big Company Makes Small Sat Fast

The R3D2 spacecraft’s cutting-edge antenna is “compressed into a small volume and then blooms on orbit,” explains Northrop Grumman’s Scott Stapp.