GREMLIN, but no aliens: Pentagon UAP office plans first deployment of new sensor suite

GREMLIN, but no aliens: Pentagon UAP office plans first deployment of new sensor suite
GREMLIN, but no aliens: Pentagon UAP office plans first deployment of new sensor suite

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office report reveals that the GREMLIN sensor suite for detecting, tracking and characterizing UAP was successfully used in March, and next will be deployed to undertake a 90-day “pattern of life” campaign at an unnamed national security site.

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Crew safety for units under armor: Accurate sensors are the key

Crew safety for units under armor: Accurate sensors are the key
Crew safety for units under armor: Accurate sensors are the key

Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.

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Mobile and expeditionary command posts move with Army maneuver forces

Mobile and expeditionary command posts move with Army maneuver forces
Mobile and expeditionary command posts move with Army maneuver forces

Command posts that aren’t mobile are vulnerable to attack from electronic warfare and long-range drones.

Lot full? In an increasingly crowded orbit, MITRE studies how many LEO sats are too many

Lot full? In an increasingly crowded orbit, MITRE studies how many LEO sats are too many
Lot full? In an increasingly crowded orbit, MITRE studies how many LEO sats are too many

The proposed framework is based on adapting the risk-based approach the international air traffic control system uses to manage airspace to prevent planes from colliding, said Kevin Toner, vice president of MITRE’s Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization. 

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Filling the gap: Mobile connectivity for Army maneuver forces

Filling the gap: Mobile connectivity for Army maneuver forces
Filling the gap: Mobile connectivity for Army maneuver forces

Expeditionary forces jumping from island to island in the Indo-Pacific need a mobile way to command and control from vehicles, hotels, and homes.

Space Force working with SpaceX to closely watch falling Starlinks

Space Force working with SpaceX to closely watch falling Starlinks
Space Force working with SpaceX to closely watch falling Starlinks

The Space Force today circulated a fact sheet explaining what the service called a “proactive” and “collaborative” effort to keep tabs on Starlink re-entries as SpaceX begins to de-orbit some 100 early variants.

Amid influence of Starlink, Thales buys Israeli company Get SAT

Amid influence of Starlink, Thales buys Israeli company Get SAT
Amid influence of Starlink, Thales buys Israeli company Get SAT

“Requirements in the market are changing dramatically thanks to Elon Musk and SpaceX,” Aaron Brosnan, president of Thales subsidiary Tampa Microwave, said in an interview.

L3Harris lobbying DoD to create ‘resilience’ standard for communications

L3Harris lobbying DoD to create ‘resilience’ standard for communications
L3Harris lobbying DoD to create ‘resilience’ standard for communications

“Right now, you and I can go to a Cabela’s, we can buy a radio, we can go to a trade show, put it out on a table, and we can say it’s a form of resilient communication, because there’s no standard,” Samir Mehta said. “It’s time that we have a standard.”

SES to buy Intelsat, further shrinking SATCOM gene pool

SES to buy Intelsat, further shrinking SATCOM gene pool
SES to buy Intelsat, further shrinking SATCOM gene pool

Space industry analyst Todd Harrison said the $3.1 billion purchase is latest in a “shakeup” in the satellite communications landscape following the proliferation of LEO birds.

Pentagon working with Ukraine, SpaceX to prevent Russian exploitation of Starlink

Pentagon working with Ukraine, SpaceX to prevent Russian exploitation of Starlink
Pentagon working with Ukraine, SpaceX to prevent Russian exploitation of Starlink

“Just the idea of this being more available and so people can find it and try to exploit it, that’s something we just have to bake in and understand,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb said of commercial services like SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.

Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes next

Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes next
Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes next

On the two year anniversary of the war, the Breaking Defense team has assembled a series of pieces on the state of the conflict across multiple domains, what might come in year three, and what lessons the US has learned from the conflict. 

‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking

‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking
‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking

“It’s not going to be like a ‘boom’ milestone delivery where one day there’s nothing and the next day, there’s a finished system,” Richard DalBello, director of the Office of Space Commerce, said of the swap from DoD to Commerce.

US wins protections for Pentagon radar spectrum at WRC-23

US wins protections for Pentagon radar spectrum at WRC-23
US wins protections for Pentagon radar spectrum at WRC-23

The US and its allies managed to block a move by China to open up the 6 GHz band Beijing uses for 5G mobile wireless communications to global use — a move that would have empowered Chinese telecom firms such as Huawei.

Space-BACN sizzling along as DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts in laser link project

Space-BACN sizzling along as DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts in laser link project
Space-BACN sizzling along as DARPA awards Phase 2 contracts in laser link project

Long-range, high-speed optical communications will be critical for the service’s plans for a “hybrid architecture” that would see networks of old and new military satellites, as well as commercial and allied networks, all communicating seamlessly to shift vast quantities of data around the world in near real-time.