Troops To Test AFRL’s THOR Drone Killer This Fall

Troops To Test AFRL’s THOR Drone Killer This Fall
Troops To Test AFRL’s THOR Drone Killer This Fall

THOR puts high-powered microwaves to fry drone swarms’ electronics in a rugged and deployable package.

Hill To Griffin: No Moving The SCO; Shifts It to DepSecDef Norquist

Hill To Griffin: No Moving The SCO; Shifts It to DepSecDef Norquist
Hill To Griffin: No Moving The SCO; Shifts It to DepSecDef Norquist

Congress worried that the SCO’s ability to act fast would be stymied by layers of bureaucratic approval required for any decisions. Under DARPA, it would have been bumped four reporting levels down.

‘GEOINT Singularity:’ There’ll Be Nowhere For DoD To Hide EXCLUSIVE

‘GEOINT Singularity:’ There’ll Be Nowhere For DoD To Hide EXCLUSIVE
‘GEOINT Singularity:’ There’ll Be Nowhere For DoD To Hide EXCLUSIVE

“[A]dversaries could track the movements of U.S. and allied military equipment, detecting patterns of training and operations; hyperspectral imaging can identify chemical compositions; short-wavelength infrared imaging can see through clouds; and SAR sensors can image at night. When determining risks to national security, one can define it as the risk of being seen or detected.”

Lasers, Microwaves, Hypersonics & More: Army RCCTO

Lasers, Microwaves, Hypersonics & More: Army RCCTO
Lasers, Microwaves, Hypersonics & More: Army RCCTO

Innovators who put forward the most promising white papers will be invited to pitch their idea to officials representing not only the Army but the other services, the joint Combatant Commands, and independent organizations like the Missile Defense Agency.

SATCOM, Offensive Space Key Challenges for SPACECOM Transition

SATCOM, Offensive Space Key Challenges for SPACECOM Transition
SATCOM, Offensive Space Key Challenges for SPACECOM Transition

“Deterrence only works if can communicate our capabilities, and we must tell our adversaries what we have waiting if they choose to cross a red line,” says Maj. Gen. Rick Evans.

Army Seeks Small Satellites To Support Ground Troops

Army Seeks Small Satellites To Support Ground Troops
Army Seeks Small Satellites To Support Ground Troops

Such smallsat payloads, hosted on commercial satellites, are an important piece of the Army’s evolving concept of Multi-Domain Operations, which seeks to combine efforts on land, the sea, air, space, and cyberspace to defeat sophisticated adversaries such as Russia and China.

STRATCOM Move to Space Command: 2 Years, 100s Of People

STRATCOM Move to Space Command: 2 Years, 100s Of People
STRATCOM Move to Space Command: 2 Years, 100s Of People

Maj. Gen. Rick Evans says STRATCOM will have a difficult challenge in identifying which headquarters personnel should transfer to the new SPACECOM when it stands up.

Capella First For ‘Holy Grail’ of Real-Time SAR-Sat Images

Capella First For ‘Holy Grail’ of Real-Time SAR-Sat Images
Capella First For ‘Holy Grail’ of Real-Time SAR-Sat Images

“Real-time tasking and receiving data is going to b the future,” Capella CEO Payam Banazadeh says. “Over time every single remote sensing company will go this direction.”