Space Rapid Capabilities Office slates $1B for dynamic space ops C2

Space Rapid Capabilities Office slates $1B for dynamic space ops C2
Space Rapid Capabilities Office slates $1B for dynamic space ops C2

Under the contract, SpRCO’s Rapid Resilient Command and Control project, nicknamed R2C2, will buy ground software in “bite-sized pieces” to support new Space Force satellites capable of rapid and sustained maneuver.

Space Force’s new, classified ‘threat warning’ sensors now delivering intel on ‘foreign capabilities’

Space Force’s new, classified ‘threat warning’ sensors now delivering intel on ‘foreign capabilities’
Space Force’s new, classified ‘threat warning’ sensors now delivering intel on ‘foreign capabilities’

Space Rapid Capabilities Office Director Kelly Hammett declined to share much about the new “threat warning” sensors, but gave updates on other closely held programs.

Modern antenna for aging Satellite Control Network passes first test

Modern antenna for aging Satellite Control Network passes first test
Modern antenna for aging Satellite Control Network passes first test

BADGER’s first demonstration, held in late August, “marks the first end-to-end test of the steerable phased array modules and software,” Col. Greg Hoffman, of SpRCO’s Strategic Capabilities Acquisition Delta, said.

Space Force ground control operators press for ‘absolutely critical’ network upgrades

Space Force ground control operators press for ‘absolutely critical’ network upgrades
Space Force ground control operators press for ‘absolutely critical’ network upgrades

From antennas that can only “talk” to one satellite at a time to much of the work in the control center being done by paper, operators told reporters on a rare tour of the ops center that they’re in dire need of modernization.

New Space Force team to streamline ‘onboarding’ new tech for operational use

New Space Force team to streamline ‘onboarding’ new tech for operational use
New Space Force team to streamline ‘onboarding’ new tech for operational use

SpRCO head Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense in an interview that the “operational integration” process involves “tens of force generation elements with POAMS [plans of action and milestones] that take years to close everything out.”