Space industry analyst Todd Harrison said the $3.1 billion purchase is latest in a “shakeup” in the satellite communications landscape following the proliferation of LEO birds.
By Theresa HitchensEnterprise-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.
Maj. Gen. Michael Greiner said that the Space Force’s initial plans are to develop four new Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global satellites, although those plans could change as the program is a new start for FY25.
By Theresa Hitchens
It’s tempting to use AI to micromanage military operations from an all-seeing HQ. But experts warn the chaos of war means AI is best used to empower decentralized initiative — an area where the democratic West just might have the edge.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The company, a Google off-shoot, characterizes its Spacetime software as the “digital cartilage and autonomous brain” that can bring to life DoD’s JADC2 concept linking sensors and shooters across all domains.
By Theresa Hitchens
On Jan. 25, DoD announced that Lockheed Martin and Boeing have each won 15-month contracts worth $66 million to develop a new, more modern satellite design, with the service then deciding on which to use in building the two new MUOS birds.
By Theresa Hitchens
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A new constellation with laser comms and compatibility with the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is now taking shape.
By Breaking Defense
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.
By Theresa Hitchens
A 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.
Comtech President and CEO Ken Peterman told Breaking Defense the contract for the Army’s Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modem paves the way toward helping the Space Force in its struggle to figure out how to integrate ground systems for the myriad military and commercial SATCOM networks used by US forces around the world so as to ensure 24/7 access to needed communications bandwidth.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Space Report 2023 Q2 study estimates that US Defense Department classified and unclassified spending in 2022 hit almost $43 billion.
By Theresa Hitchens
The plan is designed not just to improve Luxembourg’s military space capabilities, but also specifically to improve defense cooperation with the US by “jointly exploiting” the new SES satellites.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The outernet is the internet taken to space,” Col. Eric Felt, of the Department of the Air Force’s space acquisition office, said today.
By Theresa Hitchens
Satellite communications has become a priority for US Space Command as part of its space “assurance mission” for NATO allies and international partners in the Ukraine war, says the command’s head, Gen. Jim Dickinson.
By Theresa Hitchens
Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, told the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space summit that the meeting was “step one” to better coordination with the military’s newest branch.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Space Force’s goal is to create a resilient SATCOM architecture by using multiple types of satellites with better encryption and dispersed over various orbits to flummox adversary jamming attempts — with US national security planners fully expecting sophisticated electronic warfare attacks against satellites in future conflicts.
By Theresa Hitchens
