The Earth Observation industry’s biggest threat isn’t China, it’s Washington
There are four steps the US can take to ensure it doesn't lag behind China and other adversaries in Earth Observation satellites, writes Payam Banazadeh in this op-ed.
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Orbital power: Shaping national security from space
Northrop Grumman is one of the only companies with expertise and capability to design, build and operate systems across an array of orbits.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
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Mission management on the move
A new Collins Aerospace system enhances U.S. Army mobile command and control.
How to maximize the resiliency of PNT
The Pentagon "needs to double down its focus on bringing M-code fully online, rather than getting distracted by efforts like R-GPS," Clayton Swope of CSIS writes in this op-ed.
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Accurate sensors are critical for armor units under fire
Maneuver formations face multifaceted threats that include kinetic force-on-force and non-kinetic effects such as electronic warfare.
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MILSATCOM for the most critical no-fail missions
With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
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Crew safety for units under armor: Accurate sensors are the key
Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.
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The connected warrior will have a common operating picture even when contested
Mobile, distributed command and control requires a common operating picture even in contested environments.
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Mobile and expeditionary command posts move with Army maneuver forces
Command posts that aren’t mobile are vulnerable to attack from electronic warfare and long-range drones.
France claims world’s first space-to-earth laser comms
“Others have already demonstrated the proof of concept that a laser link can be established between a satellite and a ground-station but we are proposing an actual product that exists and can be bought off-the-shelf," Jean-Francois Morizur, co-founder and CEO of Cailabs, told Breaking Defense.
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How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
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Filling the gap: Mobile connectivity for Army maneuver forces
Expeditionary forces jumping from island to island in the Indo-Pacific need a mobile way to command and control from vehicles, hotels, and homes.
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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.
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The last mile for JADC2: bringing situational awareness and decision making to the edge
All domain operations need something to fill the communications gap between broadband LTE and tactical radio systems.
In race with China, Pentagon must prioritize speed in acquisition
Smallsat Alliance Chairman Charles Beames argues it’s time to look past price alone to achieve dominance in space.