Suspect in space? Analysis finds 75 ‘unusual’ moves by Chinese satellites in nearly 10 years
The moves by a few Chinese satellites in GEO show patterns of activity that suggest potential military and intelligence missions, the CSIS study asserts.
Second Russian Luch/Olymp satellite now trailing Western systems in orbit
While the new Russian satellite didn't get super close to any others, its behavior "could be considered unfriendly," said Slingshot's Audrey Schaffer, who until recently served as the director of space policy at the National Security Council.
REDSPICE and everything nice: Aussies boost cyber spending in 2023 budget
“REDSPICE ensures Australia keeps pace with the rapid growth of cyber capabilities of potential adversaries. It provides new intelligence capabilities, new cyber defences to protect our most critical systems, and is a real increase in the potency of ASD’s ability to strike back in cyberspace,” the Australian prime minister said in a statement.
Northrop Grumman Eyes Next-Gen SIGINT For Army
"So I think [the concept of integration is] so simple and yet so hard to achieve," Northrop VP Walsmith said. "You need to be able to integrate applications, whether they're your own or someone else's, with ease and simplicity. It is easy to say. It's very hard to engineer."
NSA Renews Focus On Securing Military Weapons Systems Against ‘Capable’ Rivals
"In terms of weapons systems, we have computers on wings, at sea, and on land. We don't think of [weapons systems] that way, but none of them work without computers," NSA's Joyce said.
US, France, UK Hammer Out Multinational Corps Warfighting
There is room for further development in areas such as electronic warfare and signals intelligence. "These 'soft' components were not as accessible in the past 12 to 15 years when we were so busy in the Middle-East; for example, there is a real drive to invest in areas such as EWSI (Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence)," Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant, the British military attache in Washington, says.
Super-Jammer Goes To Army Multi Domain Task Force
The Army Requirements Oversight Council will meet to approve the TLS-EAB program on July 9.
DoD Needs Tighter Reins On EW Acquisition
"When you build an EW system, you're not building an airplane, or you're not building a submarine or you're not building a ground system, you're building a system that's capable of using the RF spectrum in particular way," says DoD's EW czar David Tremper.
Army Wants New Mega-Jammer In 2023: TLS-EAB
Mounted on a pair of heavy trucks, the Terrestrial Layer System – Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB) will do long-range jamming for high-level HQs – and fry the circuits of incoming enemy missiles as well.
Boeing & Lockheed Vie For Cyber/EW/SIGINT System, TLS
The Army has big ambitions for the Terrestrial Layer System, meant to detect, decrypt, and disrupt enemy communications. We spoke to the companies that actually have to build it.
Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier
The Army’s eager to use NRO, NGA, and other agencies’ satellites to spot far targets for its new thousand-mile missiles, not to build its own, the deputy chief of staff for intelligence said.
Leidos Builds & Will Lease SIGINT/EW Special Mission Aircraft
AUSA: One of the most important lessons the US Army learned when Russia invade Ukraine was that signals intelligence can be very effectively used to target an enemy. Leidos is developing an aircraft on its own dime to make that widely possible for US and NATO forces, using its extensive experience in the classified world […]
Digital Arsenal: Army Inches Forward On Electronic Warfare
To counter Russia's electronic warfare battalions, the Army wants to field a revolutionary EW weapon by 2023. But how do they get there?
Digital Stiletto: Army Pursues Precision Electronic Warfare
The US Army can't match Russia's battalions of powerful radio jammers. Instead, it wants to build a nimble high-tech David to defeat the EW Goliath.