Navy seeks to up space game, including via Space Force

Navy seeks to up space game, including via Space Force
Navy seeks to up space game, including via Space Force

“So, we have people doing things all the way from orbitology, to design, build, assemble, integrate, test, and then ultimately operate,” said Steven Meier, director of the Naval Research Lab’s Naval Center for Space Technology.

Potentially strong solar storm could disrupt GPS, radio communications: NOAA

Potentially strong solar storm could disrupt GPS, radio communications: NOAA
Potentially strong solar storm could disrupt GPS, radio communications: NOAA

Such storms happen periodically as the sun’s activity waxes and wanes, and this particular round is not expected to be catastrophic. That said, there could be “moderate” impacts on Earth.

GAO: Pentagon lacks ‘strategic objectives’ on alternates to GPS

GAO: Pentagon lacks ‘strategic objectives’ on alternates to GPS
GAO: Pentagon lacks ‘strategic objectives’ on alternates to GPS

GAO found 11 individual programs spread across OSD and the military services, as well as separate answers for the Pentagon’s “open systems approach.”

AFRL’s little NTS-3 test satellite holds 100 possibilities to help secure or backup GPS

AFRL’s little NTS-3 test satellite holds 100 possibilities to help secure or backup GPS
AFRL’s little NTS-3 test satellite holds 100 possibilities to help secure or backup GPS

“We know that the way of warfare has changed, and we’re going to be having difficulties with jamming, and having difficulties getting our position navigation and timing signals to our warfighters,” said AFRL Director Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle.

Kendall’s ‘message’ to Space Force: support missions are central role

Kendall’s ‘message’ to Space Force: support missions are central role
Kendall’s ‘message’ to Space Force: support missions are central role

Kendall’s remarks, which came as a surprise to many, including several Space Force officers at the Space Symposium, serves as a direction for where the service should prioritize.

‘Local’ Russian GPS jamming in Ukraine hasn’t affected US support ops, so far

‘Local’ Russian GPS jamming in Ukraine hasn’t affected US support ops, so far
‘Local’ Russian GPS jamming in Ukraine hasn’t affected US support ops, so far

The Pentagon doesn’t believe Russia has fully unleashed its significant electronic warfare capabilities, a senior defense official said.

DARPA’s ‘ROCkN’ laser-based clocks will know what time it really is, to the sub-picosecond

DARPA’s ‘ROCkN’ laser-based clocks will know what time it really is, to the sub-picosecond
DARPA’s ‘ROCkN’ laser-based clocks will know what time it really is, to the sub-picosecond

Optical clocks in labs today “fill out a huge room, a big room with a very complex, very sophisticated apparatus that takes multiple PhDs to run,” Tatjana Curcic, who manages DARPA’s Robust Optical Clock Network project, told Breaking Defense.

Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021

Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021
Space was the place, including for starry-eyed optimism: 5 Stories From 2021

Among all the space action over the past year, AFRL’s push to expand military space operations to cislunar space — the vast volume of space between the Earth’s outer orbit and that of the Moon — and beyond has been a gift that keeps on giving.

Army’s SMDC Tech Center races to get space-base capabilities for soldiers

Army’s SMDC Tech Center races to get space-base capabilities for soldiers
Army’s SMDC Tech Center races to get space-base capabilities for soldiers

“Air and missile defense, long-range precision fires, assured position navigation and timing — all of these rely on space-enabled capabilities and access to space,” said Tom Webber, director of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center.

Sandia’s Atomic ‘Avocado’ Could Allow GPS-Free PNT

Sandia’s Atomic ‘Avocado’ Could Allow GPS-Free PNT
Sandia’s Atomic ‘Avocado’ Could Allow GPS-Free PNT

The first-of-its-kind device, a vacuum chamber for containing clouds of atomic particles that drive quantum sensors, is about the size of an avocado.

Army Envisions Global 3D Terrain Map As Future PNT Aid For Operations

Army Envisions Global 3D Terrain Map As Future PNT Aid For Operations
Army Envisions Global 3D Terrain Map As Future PNT Aid For Operations

Brig. Gen. William Glaser, head of the Army’s Synthetic Training Environment effort, said his team is “very proud” of One World Terrain because it “really just started off as an idea within the simulations community, but it’s expanded out significantly into the operational community.”

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Outcomes Of JADC2 Will Provide Decisive Advantage

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