SPACECOM discussing expansion of joint space monitoring missions with allies
US Space Command has now completed two rendezvous and proximity operations with partners in Multinational Forces Operation Olympic Defender: France and Britain.
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In a first, Space Force to require refueling capability for next-gen neighborhood watch sats
While the Pentagon has funded experimental re-fueling efforts, RG-XX is the first official acquisition program to have a refueling requirement.
An ICBM update and Space Force in focus: AFA day 2 [Video]
Things that go into orbit led the news at day two of the AFA conference.
Photos: Day 2 of AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference
See the sights of space day at AFA.
Uncertainty over satellite constellation means alternate-GPS capability up in the air as well: Official
The Space Development Agency’s planned Navigation Layer, if it proceeds, would provide both the location of GPS jammers and alternate PNT signals.
Space Force working on future operations plan to guide investment
“Delivering today’s systems is critical, but we’re also building the architecture of the future and making sure we’re prepared for what our adversaries might do next,” Gen. Chance Saltzman said.
Space Force will own next-gen neighborhood watch sats, based on commercial tech
Space Systems Command expects to issue a draft request for proposal by the end of the calendar year, a Space Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
NATO investing $728M in new space capabilities, including a new ‘data lake’
NATO’s collectively funded space efforts are focused on space domain awareness and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Col. Jonathan Whitaker, who heads the NATO Combined Forces Space Component Command, told Breaking Defense.
NRO needs AI to manage more than 200 (and counting) satellites, director says
Chris Scolese envisions an NRO constellation user saying, “‘I want to know how many ships are in the Taiwan Strait’ … and then the system could go off and do it.”
Space Force to get NOAA antennas to supplement Satellite Control Network
Space Systems Command is prototyping a Joint Antenna Marketplace to offload some of the SCN’s burden and expand its capacity by using existing commercial and non-DoD agency antennas, rather than building costly new ones for the network.