Space Force: What Is It Good For?

Missing in the national security space conversation, says Aerospace Corporation’s Russ Rumbaugh, is how space operations can and should fit with diplomacy and foreign policy. Instead, he said, the debate is solely about “how do I win the war I see.” 

Trump Surprises With SecAF Nomination Of Barbara Barrett

Trump Surprises With SecAF Nomination Of Barbara Barrett
Trump Surprises With SecAF Nomination Of Barbara Barrett

Trump nominee for Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett “is a force to be reckoned with and has the leadership, experience, and knowledge to lead our Air Force into the future during a time of increased global threats,” says Sen. Martha McSally.

DARPA Blackjack: Who’ll Get Prized Satellite Tech, Air Force Or SDA?

DARPA Blackjack: Who’ll Get Prized Satellite Tech, Air Force Or SDA?
DARPA Blackjack: Who’ll Get Prized Satellite Tech, Air Force Or SDA?

Large networks of small, cheap satellites derived from commercial technology would be harder for China or Russia to kill than a handful of expensive, exquisite military-unique birds. But who gets to build it?

DARPA, Army & Team Platypus: Big Boosts For Artificial Intelligence

DARPA, Army & Team Platypus: Big Boosts For Artificial Intelligence
DARPA, Army & Team Platypus: Big Boosts For Artificial Intelligence

The near-term payoff for military AI isn’t replacing human soldiers in the physical world, but empowering them to understand the world of radio waves. That’s an invisible battlefield which Russia’s powerful electronic warfare corps is poised to dominate in a future war, unless the US can catch up.

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Army, NASA Want Laser Micro-Satellites For 50 Times The Bandwidth

Army, NASA Want Laser Micro-Satellites For 50 Times The Bandwidth
Army, NASA Want Laser Micro-Satellites For 50 Times The Bandwidth

It was hard enough keeping the data flowing to the far mountains of Afghanistan, but at least the Taliban didn’t have the technology to attack the network. Russia and China, however, are investing heavily in capabilities to eavesdrop on or jam the radio transmissions and to blind or outright shoot down the satellites.

US Must Rethink Space Policy In Face Of Enormous Change

US Must Rethink Space Policy In Face Of Enormous Change
US Must Rethink Space Policy In Face Of Enormous Change

WASHINGTON: In the vast swirling enterprise of global security space, the United States must come to terms with the tectonic shifts occurring as commercial companies come to dominate launch, the building of satellites and the sensors and software on which they depend, and figure out how to lead the way. That’s the conclusion of what…

Space Council Should Tackle Air Force Weather Sats: Rep. Babins

Space Council Should Tackle Air Force Weather Sats: Rep. Babins
Space Council Should Tackle Air Force Weather Sats: Rep. Babins

                CORRECTED: Raytheon Builds VIIRS WASHINGTON: The Trump Administration’s new Space Council should tackle the thorny interagency problem of how much the Air Force will do to provide weather data to the US government, says the chairman of the House subcommittee that deals with space policy. More than…

GPS 2.0: Aerospace Corp. Launches Second Draft Of GPS – EXCLUSIVE

GPS 2.0: Aerospace Corp. Launches Second Draft Of GPS – EXCLUSIVE
GPS 2.0: Aerospace Corp. Launches Second Draft Of GPS – EXCLUSIVE

COLORADO SPRINGS:  The Aerospace Corp. the people who brought you the concept for GPS, are launching GPS 2.0. It all began when two Aerospace Corps scientists J.R. Woodford Woodward and H. Nakamura penned a little-known briefing In 1966, “Navigation Satellite Study,” that paved the way. Tomorrow, the Aerospace Corp. will issue a new study it hopes will pave…

HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management

HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management
HASC StratForces Chair Slams Air Force Space Management

CAPITOL HILL: The short view: Congressman slams Air Force for weather satellite fiasco. Long view: Congress, White House, Air Force, NASA, Commerce Department have all screwed up US weather satellite programs. “We could have saved the Air Force and the Congress a lot of aggravation if we put a half of a billion dollars in…

Elon’s SpaceX Gets Certified For National Security Launches; Can You Say Disruption?

Elon’s SpaceX Gets Certified For National Security Launches; Can You Say Disruption?
Elon’s SpaceX Gets Certified For National Security Launches; Can You Say Disruption?

WASHINGTON: While few doubted it would happen, the news that Elon Musk’s scrappy, pushy and — yes — disruptive launch company SpaceX won certification from Space and Missile Systems Center carries enormous import for the international launch industry, for the Pentagon, the Air Force and the Intelligence Community. It’s not that Musk’s SpaceX is going…

Save Our Seoul: Can Lasers & Rail Guns Protect Korea?

Save Our Seoul: Can Lasers & Rail Guns Protect Korea?
Save Our Seoul: Can Lasers & Rail Guns Protect Korea?

WASHINGTON: How do you stop 1,000 missiles? Current missile defenses can’t. They’re designed to stop a small attack from a rogue state. But even rogue states like North Korea — let alone power players like China’s Second Artillery — can now throw more missiles at us than we have interceptors to shoot them down. That’s why the military, industry,…

Space, Intel Hit As Aerospace Corp. Announces 2,000 Workers Lose Work

Space, Intel Hit As Aerospace Corp. Announces 2,000 Workers Lose Work
Space, Intel Hit As Aerospace Corp. Announces 2,000 Workers Lose Work

The latest victim of the federal government shutdown is a crucial player in the space and intelligence world, the Aerospace Corporation, which has had to cut back the work of 60 percent of its 3,500 employees. “The Aerospace Corporation started implementing a partial work shutdown on Oct. 3, after the Air Force’s Space and Missile…