Afghanistan’s Precarious Networks: Will The Taliban, Once Again, Go Dark?

Afghanistan’s Precarious Networks: Will The Taliban, Once Again, Go Dark?
Afghanistan’s Precarious Networks: Will The Taliban, Once Again, Go Dark?

The Taliban now faces a decision: Ban the internet as the group did during its first rule, while hindering its propaganda windfall and other online activities, or leave the country’s networks intact, allowing an avenue for continued US electronic surveillance.

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On-Demand Satcom Customized For All-Domain Operations

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Intelsat’s satellite services provide options to address a variety of missions, including all-domain defense operations, border security management, and disaster/humanitarian relief.

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SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions

SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions
SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions

As the importance of oceans, coastlines, economic exclusion zones and sovereign waters increases, countries are faced with a crucial problem.

Lawmakers Throw Wrench Into Air Force ISR Divestment Plan

Lawmakers Throw Wrench Into Air Force ISR Divestment Plan
Lawmakers Throw Wrench Into Air Force ISR Divestment Plan

House authorizers threw shade at the service for not heeding long-standing warnings of the potential for a gap in tactical aircraft availability.

NGA Seeks Upgraded Software To Speed Analysis

NGA Seeks Upgraded Software To Speed Analysis
NGA Seeks Upgraded Software To Speed Analysis

The goal is to have an improved version of the Data Transformation Services (DTS) system up and running on classified NGA networks by next February, the agency’s request for information (RFI) says.

Army Sat Ops Brigade Transfers To Space Force: Karbler

Army Sat Ops Brigade Transfers To Space Force: Karbler
Army Sat Ops Brigade Transfers To Space Force: Karbler

“Now we’re just really working out the details for the timing that that will happen, and how frankly how it will happen,” Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, Army SMDC commander, says.

Raymond Unveils Classified Target Tracking Space Radar Effort

Raymond Unveils Classified Target Tracking Space Radar Effort
Raymond Unveils Classified Target Tracking Space Radar Effort

“The space-based GMTI system will replace a portion of the JSTARS sensing capability” and “will support all combatant commands,” Space Force spokesperson Col. Catie Hague explains.

DIU Seeks Prototype Sat Terminal For Army All-Domain Ops

DIU Seeks Prototype Sat Terminal For Army All-Domain Ops
DIU Seeks Prototype Sat Terminal For Army All-Domain Ops

The mobile TITAN satellite ground station is a critical node in Army plans for all-domain operations.

Wang Liqiang: Chinese Defector, Fraud or Both?

Wang Liqiang: Chinese Defector, Fraud or Both?
Wang Liqiang: Chinese Defector, Fraud or Both?

  One of the biggest stories in Asia is the subject of this op-ed by former American senior intelligence official Nick Eftimiades. For an intriguing perspective on this, check out this China Daily “editorial” on Wang. Read on! The Editor. This month, the People’s Republic of China and its intelligence services again made headlines in the world…

Intel Community Grapples With Key Open Source Intel

Intel Community Grapples With Key Open Source Intel
Intel Community Grapples With Key Open Source Intel

“In our defeat-ISIS activities, we’ve had a struggle and presently continue to struggle with the challenge of open source and publicly available information, and how we leverage that to make it truly useful for the warfighter,” Jospeh Votel, former head of both Special Operations Command and Central Command.

Israelis Test Classified Tunnel Tech To Stymie Terrorists; US Watches

Israelis Test Classified Tunnel Tech To Stymie Terrorists; US Watches
Israelis Test Classified Tunnel Tech To Stymie Terrorists; US Watches

It is a highly classified system  based on sensors that monitor what is happening on the ground and provide warning in the event of a cavity discovery, but its full details may not be published.

China’s Theft & Espionage: What Must Be Done

China’s Theft & Espionage: What Must Be Done
China’s Theft & Espionage: What Must Be Done

Screening Chinese students and academics isn’t the solution when less than one percent of them are bad actors. So what will work?

Red Flag 2019: First Great Power Air War Test In Years

Red Flag 2019: First Great Power Air War Test In Years
Red Flag 2019: First Great Power Air War Test In Years

How are Air Force pilots training for a war with Russia or China?

Aid To Israel Isn’t Foreign Aid; It’s An Investment

Aid To Israel Isn’t Foreign Aid; It’s An Investment
Aid To Israel Isn’t Foreign Aid; It’s An Investment

Israel faces increasingly tight restrictions on its Foreign Military Financing from the U.S., as Breaking D readers know. In the past, when the US provided Israeli with grants under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program, Israel could convert 25 percent of the aid from dollars into shekels to buy Israeli products and support local R&D. The…