No future for Space Futures Command, sources say
"Futures Command is dead," one Pentagon official said bluntly.
Space Force analyzing next-gen missile warning/tracking, NC3 options
Col. Robert Davis, program executive officer for SSC's Space Sensing Directorate, told the National Security Space Association today that the SWAC study might affect how follow-on satellites are designed and, perhaps, hardened to radiation.
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
Space Force Futures Command won’t need ‘giant’ resources
Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, who has been charged to establish the new Space Force Futures Command, said cislunar and dynamic space operations are areas for the command's scrutiny, since neither have yet proven their 'military utility."
Space Force’s Saltzman hopes to launch new Futures Command centers ‘late this year’
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said the new Futures Command will not just be looking at what new capabilities the Space Force should build, own and operate, but also at how commercial tech, systems and services can fill some needs.
Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman
The space operations chief wants systems that can gather "exquisite, high fidelity information about what's going on" in geosynchronous Earth orbit "and beyond," more sensors in the Southern Hemisphere to keep an eye on low Earth orbit and — critically — a better way to fuse data.
‘Stop debating’ over space weapons and prepare for conflict: Space Force general
America's space operators need to "get to the point of how do we responsibly... deter conflict that nobody wants to see, but if we do see it, demonstrate our ability to win?" said Maj. Gen. David Miller.
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Meeting modern airpower needs with faster R&D cycles for propulsion
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
Space Force wraps initial plan for building ‘hybrid’ commercial/military ‘outernet’
"The outernet is the internet taken to space," Col. Eric Felt, of the Department of the Air Force's space acquisition office, said today.
Space Force ‘framework’ for commercial reserve satellite fleet coming in summer
Col. Rich Kniseley, newly appointed as the head of SSC's Commercial Space Office, told Breaking Defense on Wednesday: "I'm hoping to deliver a framework to leadership this summer."
Space Force FY24 request likely to jump by billions, but lawmakers may balk: Analyst
While there's broad support on the Hill for space operations, long-time space budget guru Mike Tierney says language in recent policy and appropriations bills suggests lawmakers want Space Force and the Pentagon to "show their work."
Viasat sees Marine’s ‘SATCOM as a service’ buy as harbinger of change
Commercial SATCOM providers have long urged DoD and the services to move from buying bandwidth in fits and starts using short-term contracts to service-style contracts that resemble a civilian’s average mobile phone or cable TV/Internet plan.
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
From prototypes to operations: In record-breaking year, DIU transitioned 17 new tech
The Defense Innovation Unit in FY22 awarded $203 million in prototype contracts across 165 vendors, started 52 new projects and saw a 47 percent increase in the total number of companies competing for a contract, according to DIU's annual report.
New DoD SATCOM plan seeks to establish a modernized, ‘holistic’ network
The new plan is broken down into three imperatives: integrating data management, automating resource allocation and fusing situational awareness.
‘Compromise’ NDAA boosts Space Force budget, but keeps tight reins on policy decisions
In somewhat of a surprise, the HASC provision to force the Space Force to create a Space National Guard was stripped from the bill in the negotiations between the two sides of Capitol Hill.
2024 budget to reflect Space Force, NRO accord on tracking moving targets from orbit
After an analysis of literally thousands of options, Space Force's Gen. DT Thompson said, "in the end [there was] a consensus opinion inside the Department of Defense and the [Intelligence Community] on how we should proceed."