“The Army needs information when and where they want it,” said Rob Zitz, a former Army intel official. “The IC should not get a vote on what Army needs or how Army executes combat missions.”
By Theresa Hitchens and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The first real-world effort “to stress test our ideas” for implementing JADC2 is coming up within the next two to three months, J6 Director Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall says.
By Theresa Hitchens
Military operators will be able (at least virtually) to ill be able to (at least virtually) “sit side-by-side, elbow-to-elbow with the SDA test team” as the various satellite “layers” are put through their paces.
By Theresa Hitchens
“This is a new effort, as the expanded mission now goes beyond a strict MQ-9 replacement,” an AFLCMC spokesperson said. “This endeavor serves to explore concepts that address capability gaps of legacy platforms against increasingly sophisticated threats in denied, contested, and highly contested environments.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“Adversary use of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda poses one of today’s greatest challenges to the United States, not just to the Department of Defense,” said Pentagon official Chris Maier.
By Theresa Hitchens
Instead of focusing on the pressing need to shore up vulnerabilities in current and near-term space capabilities, says one critic, Space Force and SPACECOM are “all off trying to train for how they’re going to go fight a space war.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“We must have fully integrated offensive and defensive operations across all of our services, as well as our partners,” says Army Gen. James Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.
By Theresa Hitchens
B-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
The technologies that allowed a tracked howitzer to shoot down a cruise missile in the Sept. 3 ABMS On Ramp was “a Sputnik or Alpha-Go moment where AI did something that could not have been done otherwise,” says Will Roper.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I think global integrated operations is really the next big ‘advantage space’ for the Department of Defense,” says Maj. Gen. John Nichols.
By Theresa Hitchens
“They’re cleaning up a bit of ‘the who’s in charge’ of deciding which mode is a particular sensor going to be in on any given time of the day,” one Pentagon expert said of the UCP’s changes to SPACECOM’s roles.
By Theresa Hitchens
The 2022 budget “probably looks to be flat,” Vic Mercado, assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities, says. “We still have to look to the future, maybe take some risks in the near-term, and make some investments in those technologies that we’re going to need in the future like hypersonics, artificial intelligence.”
By Paul McLeary
“I think the big change that you’ll see is that some of those things are going to become the new norm for us, the new way of doing business,” Sharp said of NGA’s telework practices forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Theresa Hitchens
“This is foundational to who we are,” Goldfein says of the new all-domain operations warfighting concept.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force wants to cut its workhorse drone, the MQ-9 Reaper. The combatant commanders that use the MQ-9 don’t want to see that happen.
By David Deptula