Anduril's Lattice software "will replace legacy communications systems with a resilient mesh network" to link sensors, rapidly share data with users, and ease integration of new software systems and users, the company said.
"By breaking down barriers between government, coalition, and commercial space situational awareness data, CODA allows us to create a tailored, operations-relevant understanding that directly informs tactical fires and maneuver decisions,” said Col. Raj Agrawal, Space Operations Command Delta 2 commander.
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
A new "white paper" from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, obtained by Breaking Defense, stresses the foundational role of timely space domain awareness in ensuring that Space Force commanders are not caught flat-footed by adversaries.
"We need to integrate and exploit non-traditional commercial data," said Space Force Delta 2 Commander Col. Mark Brock. "There has been a push against this to a certain extent within our own enterprise, and I've been pushing back on that. We need our commercial partners."
Space Force has established the new 19th Space Defense Squadron to monitor what officials now refer to as "xGEO" space.
Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron was "re-designated" on April 13 as the "18th Space Defense Squadron," but will remain SPACECOM's key provider of space domain awareness.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.