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US should be ready for war extending to outer space says USAF commander
Dec 13, 2016 (Sputnik)
The United States must be ready for a war that spreads to outer space, Air Force Space Command head Gen. Jay Raymond said Friday. The commander said the United ...
Boeing WGS-8 Satellite Nearly Doubles Bandwidth for Military Users
Dec 09, 2016 (SPX)
Boeing's eighth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite will provide nearly twice as much communications bandwidth as previous WGS satellites due to an upgraded ...
OFFSET Envisions Swarm Capabilities for Small Urban Ground Units
Dec 09, 2016 (SPX)
Urban canyons-with their high vertical structures, tight spaces, and limited lines of sight-constrain military communications, mobility, and tactics in the best...
Sky's the Limit: Russia's Unique Jamming System Getting Upgrade
Dec 06, 2016 (Sputnik)
There is nothing to compete with the advanced Borisoglebsk-2 Russian electronic warfare system either at home or abroad, Danil Gatilov, spokesman for Russia's U...
Gamifying the Search for Strategic Surprise
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
National security challenges today are increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, demanding technological solutions that reflect the combined expertise of a br...
US, France to Sign Military Space Cooperation Agreement
Nov 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that the United States and France will finalize arrangements to deepen bilateral military space cooperation and defen...
Russia to Deploy New Space Surveillance System Elements in Four Regions
Nov 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
Advanced elements of the Russian Space Surveillance System will be deployed in a number of the country's regions, including Crimea and the Far East, in the next...
Brazil to pursue satellite, nuclear sub projects: minister
Nov 27, 2016 (AFP)
Ambitious projects such as satellites that could bring the internet to the remote Amazon and construction of Brazil's first nuclear submarine will proceed despi...
Raymond returns to a different Space Command
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
When John Raymond left Air Force Space Command for a new assignment in 2010, he was a one-star general leaving behind a relatively stable strategic environment....
S. Korea blocks Google export of map data
Nov 18, 2016 (AFP)
South Korea on Friday rejected Google's request to export government-supplied data for its global mapping service, arguing it would make the country more vulner...
Germany's Spy Agency May Get Its Own Satellite by 2022
Nov 14, 2016 (Sputnik)
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) will get its own satellite, possibly as soon as in 2022, German media report. The country's budget commission has a...
STRATCOM welcomes Hyten as new commander
Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)
Gen. John E. Hyten took command of U.S. Strategic Command from Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney during a change of command ceremony here Nov. 3. Hyten previously served...
Ready for crisis in outer space?
Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)
An annual assessment of the security of outer space warns that a crisis is looming if we do not constrain the use of force in outer space. Space Security Index ...
A Lesson of Military Tactics Failing To Keep Up With Technological Change
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
We are in the midst of the Golden Age of Space. Revolutionary technologies are being introduced right now that will change how we communicate, relate, and see t...
CSRA to provide U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency IT support
Oct 26, 2016 (UPI)
CSRA Inc. has received a $167 million U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency task order award to provide enterprise IT support services, the company said Wednesday. T...
DARPA to transfer Space Surveillance Telescope to US Air Force
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
At a mountaintop in New Mexico, DARPA is marking the formal transition of its Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) from an Agency-led design and construction prog...
Russian Defense Ministry Can Soon Get Five New Reconnaissance Satellites
Oct 18, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with the Lavochkin Research and Production Association on the development of a radar reconnaissance satellite...
In space, the looming threat of a new arms race
Oct 16, 2016 (AFP)
Killer satellites, blinding lasers, sophisticated jammers: the world's military powers are quietly readying for a war in outer space -- at the risk of fueling a...
India Expedites Its Space Centric Warfare Program
Oct 10, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon receive approval from the Indian Space Research Organization for its own dedicated satellite. Air Vice Marshal Sandeep Sing...
Military Support for Innovation Is a Matter of Culture
Oct 07, 2016 (SPX)
When Defense Sec. Ashton Carter reached out to Silicon Valley a year ago, the move was lauded as a Washington paean to innovation. Instead, it was only the firs...
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