New UN forum seeks busting space traffic cooperation barriers
US officials say they hope the talks spur greater transparency from China in particular about satellite operations.
After purported IDF strikes on UN peacekeepers, what comes next?
After today’s attack, an analyst told Breaking Defense he expected UNIFIL to “likely reassess where it can position forces in the south, though without a full mandate to pull out I suspect some will remain in the area."
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been renewed, but amid constant clashes, will it help?
Thousands of peacekeepers are deployed on Lebanon's southern border and though they conduct anti-rocket operations, they're not mandated to forcefully intervene.
Lebanon files complaint with UN over alleged Israeli GPS jamming
Breaking Defense previously reported on increased GPS jamming in the country, and experts said then that the disruptions were most likely related to Israel’s effort to disrupt Hezbollah attacks.
Russia vetos US-Japan resolution against nukes in space, ‘unprecedented escalation’ in UN fight
"Although Russia would not be expected to vote for a resolution aimed at its own conduct, its response that it is 'against' putting nuclear weapons in space is just vague enough to not quite be reassuring," said Jessica West of Canada's Project Ploughshares.
US joins Austria, Bahrain, Canada, & Portugal to co-lead global push for safer military AI
Two US officials exclusively tell Breaking Defense the details of new international "working groups" that are the next step in Washington's campaign for ethical and safety standards for military AI and automation - without prohibiting their use entirely.
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Voyager is accelerating access to space
After manifesting 1,400 payloads aboard the ISS, Voyager is applying its mission management expertise to the next generation of space stations, ensuring uninterrupted mission readiness and success from the ground to space.
For space, two steps forward, one step back: 2023 in review
The Space Force has made some visible progress in its "pivot" towards resiliency, but acquisition reform remains a hard slog.
Ethical Terminators, or how DoD learned to stop worrying and love AI: 2023 Year in Review
Over the last 11 months, the US has made major progress in defining “Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence” and even getting other nations to sign on the idea — without ever actually precluding the kind of automated “killer robots” activists want to ban.
Biden launches AI ‘risk and safety’ talks with China. Is nuclear C2 a likely focus?
Details are scant for now, but experts tell Breaking Defense that any AI agreement between China and the US could involve a pledge not to use AI in nuclear systems.
UN takes ‘parallel’ paths on space security amid geopolitical rift
One new working group, led by the UK and US, will focus on norms; the other, led by Russia and China, will draft legal treaty.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
With India’s Moon triumph, lunar space race surges while UN struggles to set guardrails
"More than 100 lunar missions are planned for this decade alone, including many that are commercial," said Jessica West, of Canada's Project Ploughshares.
EU embraces Biden administration’s limited ASAT test ban as UN meeting looms
The EU move, which comes in the run up to the final meeting of the UN working group to prevent space threats at the end of the month, brings the number of countries supporting the limited ASAT testing ban up to 35.
At UN meeting, space cooperation picks up momentum, but Moscow and Beijing play spoilers
American initiatives are seeing more support, while rivals used the opportunity to raise a litany of complaints against Washington.
At home and internationally, ‘governance’ is the space watchword: 2023 Preview
There are a host of open questions bedeviling national and international policy- and law-makers as they struggle to get a better grip on both the explosion of commercial players with innovative ideas for space utilization and the growing military interest in space as a tool of, and venue for, war.