Space
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SpaceLockheed Martin Partners with SpiderOak Missions Systems on Space Cybersecurity Platform
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is partnering with SpiderOak Mission Systems to develop and test a zero-trust cybersecurity platform for the space data supply chain. The companies announced an agreement on Tuesday to […]
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Air ForceWith Joint STARS Retirement in FY ’24, USAF Plans to Use Other ISR Platforms for GMTI Coverage
The U.S. Air Force plans to retire its 12 remaining Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System,(Joint STARS) ground moving target indication (GMTI) planes–eight in fiscal 2023 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Doubles F-15EX Request in Fiscal 2023, Reduces F-35 Buy
To accelerate the replacement of F-15C/Ds nearing the end of their service lives, the U.S. Air Force fiscal 2023 budget requests nearly $2.7 billion for 24 Boeing [BA] F-15EXs–double the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force ISR Director Points to Small Satellites as Possible Monitors of Adversary Counterspace Actions
While the U.S. Space Force (USSF) has a number of modernization priorities, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning system and the Space Based Radar for […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology5G from Space Offers Potential Benefits for U.S. Forces, But Spectrum Access and Cybersecurity Represent Challenges
On March 5, the New York Times quoted Lt. Yevgeny Yarantsev, a Ukrainian officer leading his troops in Kyiv against Russian forces. Yarantsev told the Times that his soldiers “were […]
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SpaceRussian Assault on Ukraine Highlights Potential of Commercial Satellite Imagery to Predict/Head Off Conflicts
While Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, BlackSky [BKSY] commercial imagery satellites had picked up unusual Russian activity, including military convoys, a month earlier as part of an economic […]
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SpaceMaturity of Design of Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype Validated in Review, Boeing Says
Boeing [BA] said on March 16 that U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently validated the design maturity of the company’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P) satellite in a […]
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SpaceSDA to Issue Solicitation in Next Two Weeks for Tranche 1 of Tracking Layer
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is to issue a solicitation in the next two weeks for 28 satellites in Tranche 1 of the Tracking Layer of the National Defense Space […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command Three Years Away from Full Operational Capability
U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) achieved initial operational capability (IOC) last August, but is still three years away from full operational capability (FOC), Army Gen. James Dickinson, the head of the […]
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SpaceSeventh X-37B Mission to Have Service Module, Like Sixth Mission, to Permit More Experiments
The seventh mission of the Boeing [BA] X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is, like the sixth mission, to include a service module attached to the spaceplane’s back end–a module that permits […]
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