The Space Force expects the multi-faceted Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program to cost a total of $2.4 billion.
By Theresa HitchensGA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
The contract, announced by the company today, will support Space Systems Command’s Program Executive Office for Space Sensing, which is responsible for the service’s missile warning, weather monitoring and “persistent tactical surveillance” programs.
By Theresa Hitchens
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Two of the five OPIR missile warning satellites will be polar-oriented to sense ballistic missile threats from adversaries. All five are designed to not only detect launches but to track missiles as they maneuver.
By Breaking Defense Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems are now on contract to deliver flight-ready prototypes by 2026.
By Theresa Hitchens
For the newest military arm, this year saw it plant the seeds for important changes in everything from strategy to acquisition.
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A new breed of small sat for the U.S. Space Force launches into orbit.
By Millennium Space Systems
“We’ll do away with the GEOs, and the big, exquisite expensive satellites,” said SDA Director Derek Tournear.
By Theresa Hitchens
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
If and when the Army’s Joint Tactical Ground System is transferred, all mission warning functions will be underneath one Space Force operational command Delta, said Maj. Gen. Doug Schiess, vice commander of Space Operations Command (SpOC).
By Theresa Hitchens
Assuming the Thursday launch goes as planned, the last of the satellites, SBIRS GEO-6, is expected to be up and running by “late spring, early summer” next year, according to Maj. Matt Blystone.
By Theresa Hitchens
The WFOV satellite, being built by Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems, is expected to launch this evening on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket, under the National Security Space Launch program.
By Theresa Hitchens
A study by the Space Warfighting Analysis Center that determined a multi-layered network of satellites in Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), highly-elliptical polar orbit, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) is necessary to provide comprehensive ballistic and hypersonic missile warning and tracking.
By Theresa Hitchens
What happens after the HBTSS prototype demonstrations, however, is yet to be determined, according to MDA and industry officials.
By Theresa Hitchens
“At this point, we do not assess any impact to the schedule but continue to evaluate that day by day,” said Col. Brian Denaro, SSC’s program manager for Next Gen OPIR.
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A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.
By Barry Rosenberg
