Space
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Space
Viasat Details KA-SAT Cyberattack that Affected Thousands of Modems in Ukraine
Viasat [VSAT] believes the cyberattack on its KA-SAT network last month that affected modems across Ukraine and Europe was “deliberate” and intended to interrupt service, the company said in a report […]
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Air Force
Department of the Air Force Plans to Finish Future GMTI Force Design This Year
The Department of the Air Force is to complete a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) using a possible mix of space and air assets this year […]
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Space
Lockheed 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 Force
With 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 Force
USAF 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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Space
U.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 Technology
5G 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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Space
Russian 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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Space
Maturity 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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Space
SDA 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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