SPACECOM now has “joint integrated space teams” at the other 10 combat commands to support the Joint Force, Gen. Jim Dickinson, the command’s head, said.
By Theresa HitchensA 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.
At the moment it is unclear when Space Force and Space Command actually will decommission CAVEnet, 2000s-era tech that analysts use for highly accurate and classified tracking of space objects.
By Theresa Hitchens
“My number one priority within the command is: how do I increase my battlespace awareness, in particular, how do I look at the space domain?” SPACECOM head Gen. Jim Dickinson said.
By Theresa Hitchens
While Russia’s Defense Minister has claimed that debris from the ASAT test doesn’t endanger the US and Russian crew on the ISS, the laws of physics beg to differ.
By Theresa Hitchens
The MITRE-developed software has been transferred to Space Systems Command for operational prototyping.
By Theresa Hitchens
“While our adversaries have rapidly advanced a great spectrum of threats … that are intended to defeat US space capabilities, we’re only beginning to get our act together,” said Jeff Gossel, senior intelligence engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).
By Theresa Hitchens
“Other areas we’re looking for opportunities are also out in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean, to develop new and different partnerships in space that we may not have enjoyed in other domains in the past,” Gen. DT Thompson, vice chief of the Space Force, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
“The DoD system is not scalable to meet the demands of a growing number of objects in space and to deal with an increasing number of space operators,” the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) report says.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I think we need to recognize that the space domain has evolved over the past several years,” says Secure World Foundation’s Victoria Samson. “And then our governance needs to evolve with that.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The independent FCC seemingly “wrote these proposed rules mostly (if not entirely) in a vacuum, potentially failing to ensure White House directions in Space Policy Directives 1-through-4 were fully accounted for,” said one USG official with an eye on the debate.
By Theresa Hitchens
The contracts support Space Force’s Space Surveillance Network (SSN) and the new Protected Tactical SATCOM effort.
By Theresa Hitchens
As for the new name for Space Force troops, Gen. Raymond said the crowd-sourced search resulted in “over 700 responses” and that his staff is now “narrowing down the list.” Our opinion: Space Cadets, Space Marines and Space Troopers are NOT likely, no matter how cool they might be.
By Theresa Hitchens Lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill are keeping an eagle eye out for spending creep in the Space Force budget. The Air Force has asked for a total of $15.3 billion in 2021 for the Space Force, and listed another $1 billion in unfunded requirements for the new service.
By Theresa Hitchens
The QZSS Hosted Payloads are seen as a pathfinder to improving US and allied cooperation in tracking adversary satellites and dangerous space junk.
By Theresa Hitchens
