As NATO and European governments accelerate investment in space-based intelligence, decision advantage will depend on how quickly sovereign and commercial capabilities can be fused into a trusted operational picture.
In his first op-ed since leaving service, Jim Slife, the former Air Force No. 2 officer, lays out how space procurement has been stymied in the past.
GA-ASI will build Gambit aircraft in Europe, partnered with European-based companies, with airframes available for international procurement starting in 2027.
The era of uncontested GPS dominance is over. As counterspace threats and electronic warfare redefine the battlefield, learn how Exail’s Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) technology provides the high-end stability and autonomous “source of truth” required for land maneuver and precision fires in GNSS-denied environments.
As space threats continue to evolve, existing satellites need new capabilities to defend and protect, even after launch.
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.
Northrop Grumman is one of the only companies with expertise and capability to design, build and operate systems across an array of orbits.
While humans must stay in the loop for kinetic decisions, empowering drones to operate autonomously is a force multiplier.
A new Collins Aerospace system enhances U.S. Army mobile command and control.
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.
Maneuver formations face multifaceted threats that include kinetic force-on-force and non-kinetic effects such as electronic warfare.
With multiple nuclear-capable threats and space itself being a contested domain, assured and protected MILSATCOM are more critical than ever before.
It’s fuel cells, not batteries, that let Group 2 unmanned VTOLS fulfill many missions of larger Group 3s.
Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.
Mobile, distributed command and control requires a common operating picture even in contested environments.
Command posts that aren’t mobile are vulnerable to attack from electronic warfare and long-range drones.
“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.