Austria military’s first satellite will hunt for GPS, Galileo interference
The European Space Agency also is kicking in funds for the BEACONSAT, being developed by Austrian startup GATE Space.
Global military space spending growth trend continues in 2024, topping $60B
While US spending on national security space continues to dwarf that of the rest of world, non-US military space spending has jumped a whopping 76.5 percent over the last five years.
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NGA seeks help training AI to translate imagery for targeting intel
The Sequoia ID/IQ contract will support the Maven Program, "which applies AI capabilities to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors and platforms, primarily through computer vision," the NGA announcement said.
Maxar lofts WorldView Legion satellite duo for new dawn-to-dusk coverage
When completed, the six-satellite WorldView Legion constellation will "be able to revisit certain areas of the world up to 15 times a day," Susanne Hake, general manager of Maxar Intelligence, told Breaking Defense.
Czech military looking to commercial industry for AI, imagery
"In a small military with limited resources and a lot of tasks, we have to prioritize. I think we need to look for sustainable solutions as cost effective solutions," said Lt. Gen. Karel Rehka, chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces.
NGA to gather more unclassified economic, military intel from commercial sats
"Commercial analytics-as-a-service, or the purchase of analysis vice pixels, means that we can integrate commercial capabilities faster into our existing products and services (e.g., object detection)," an NGA spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Getting to MARS: Defense Intelligence Agency AI-assisted database to begin ops in spring
MARS is replacing the 1980s-era database, called the Military Intelligence Integrated Database, used by DIA for its primary mission of providing foundational military intelligence to warfighters and national security decision-makers.
Space Force, AFRL ink first non-US research agreements with Indian AI, sensor firms
While this may be the first CRADA's between the two Indian space startups and the Space Force, neither company is a stranger to the US space market ecosystem.
Albedo catches Space Force eyes with ultra-high fidelity imagery from very low satellites
Under a new grant, the company will demonstrate to the Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center its ability to take very high resolution images at night using a thermal infrared sensor.
Sapphire in the sky: Space domain awareness is Canadian space commander’s top priority
"Sapphire has done yeoman's service for us. It is beyond end of life, but keeps chugging away like the Energizer Bunny. And, and every day that it has a hiccup, I go, 'Not today, not today,'" said Brig. Gen. Mike Adamson.
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Army seeks industry help on stratospheric drones, sensor payloads
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."
Way up in the air: World View looks to expand customer base for its ‘Stratollite’ balloon
The company has demonstrated the capability to do 'pattern of life' monitoring, staying over a 40 kilometer area for more than four days, said CEO Ryan Hartman.
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.
Industry Worries Friction Twixt NRO-NGA On Commercial Imagery
NGA and NRO "have significantly overlapping Venn diagrams," one industry source said, and they are still trying to "sort that through." He added, "It's not a nice clean line."