Space Force asks industry input for second phase of MEO missile warning/tracking
The Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking – MEO constellation will be incrementally developed in two- to three-year cycles by Space Systems Command.
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New ‘Watch Center’ to ring alarms on space-related cyber threats
“Space is a warfighting domain and cyber is a critical area to focus on to ensure space security. I think we all know cyber attacks are becoming more frequent. They’re more severe, they’re even more sophisticated,” Sreenidhi Tum…
Space Command encourages Congress to uphold Indo-Pacific Command’s $3.5B wish list
The exact amount Dickinson would like to see Congress add to SPACECOM’s own budget is unclear, as the funding for five of the six wish list requests is restricted to a classified annex.
Space Force wants $187M to ‘enhance’ its Unified Data Library
Space Force CTIO Linda Costa said the UDL “was built based on the premise that we’re just going to process Space Force data… [but] it’s really the commercial data at scale that we need to combine with the Space Force data.”
Space Force wants $243M in FY24 to kickstart ‘Long Range Kill Chain’ to track targets from space
The Space Force is “working with the Air Force and the Intelligence Community (IC) in a complementary way to design, develop, and deploy space-based GMTI systems,” the service’s FY24 budget documents explain.
FCC proposes to ease direct satellite-to-phone communications
While DoD interested in the potential of satellite-to-wireless, government, military and industry officials speaking at Satellite 2023 recognized there also are a number of challenges for military operators.
Northrop Grumman Enhances Design of OPIR Using Digital Technology
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has improved the design of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) satellites by leveraging digital technology called Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE), the company said on Tuesday. The satel…
Space Force’s FY24 budget includes ‘offensive’ options for space. What does that mean?
“There are hard kill and soft kill capabilities, if you will, that we’re funding,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said with regards to offensive space weapons, but none that would created dangerous space debris.
Space Force’s INDOPACOM unit to embed allies to help deter China
China’s growing number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites are “designed to find, fix, track and target US forces and allied forces. They’re designed to help kill sailors, airmen, soldiers, and Marines,” …
Cape Cod Space Force Station receives ‘robot dogs’
The U.S. Space Force announced that Cape Cod Space Force Station has received an unmanned ground vehicle as a semi-autonomous “dog” meant to enhance their base security protocols on Feb. 24, 2023. The Space Force said in a release that auto…