“Frankly, this is an area where the United States can’t control what happens anymore,” said Secure World’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa HitchensHow to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
The expanded experimentation campaign is also building new “business approaches” — some of which will require Pentagon-level blessing — to speed software-based capabilities to the field, DAF Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said.
By Theresa Hitchens
SWAC is not duplicating the functions of the joint DoD-IC Space Security and Defense Program, argues Gen. DT Thompson.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force is wargaming with allies on how to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, looking to “understand the nature of the competition, as well as the range of capabilities that each of us bring to the problem,” said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service’s lead strategist.
By Theresa Hitchens
The new Joint Warfighting Concept to guide military operations for the next 30 years is “aspirational,” and now must be fleshed out as best the Pentagon can with the resources available, says Gen. John Hyten, vice JCS chair.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Right now we’re on track to have a major collision in Low Earth Orbit roughly every 10 years. And that problem is only getting worse and worse,” said AGI CEO Paul Graziani.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I was a little surprised that the common thread wasn’t the solutions, it was the questions,” author Robin Dickey told Breaking Defense. “No one agrees on the solutions yet.”
By Theresa Hitchens
AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
Experts warn that codifying a norm against long-lived debris may actually provide cover for countries to do anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons tests.
By Theresa Hitchens
The new policy is inconsistent with efforts by DoD and NGA to expand the trusted supplier base by better integrating allied firms into their acquisition chains, critics say.
By Theresa Hitchens
UPDATED: To clarify costs. WASHINGTON: Ground integration tests of the experimental NTS-3 satellite, designed to demonstrate alternate positioning, navigation and timing capabilities to those now provided by GPS, will begin next month, an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) official tells Breaking Defense. “We’re just getting into what we call the ‘end-to-end system integration’ test. We’re…
By Theresa Hitchens
Space Force Plans for a new Space Systems Command “consist primarily of renaming the Space and Missile Systems Center” and do not “resolve the fundamental issues of overlap and duplication in roles,” the HAC report says.
By Theresa Hitchens
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Digital “transformation” is “critical to being able to maintain our advantage over peer competitors,” Kristen Baldwin, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for science, technology & engineering, says.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space RCO is currently managing 13 classified programs, with another about to be initiated, said Director Mike Roberts.
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