Space Development Agency launches first operational satellites
The 21 spacecraft could start providing operational capability to combatant commands and other users within four to six months, according to SDA.
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Space Development Agency director leaves post for academia
The agency’s deputy director, Gurpartap Sandhoo, will lead SDA in an acting capacity.
Pentagon CIO taking over 5G activities with eye on expanded testing
The Pentagon in late 2020 launched 5G pilots at five military installations — to the tune of $600 million — and has since doubled the experimentation.
Senators eye defense bill for classified intelligence reform
The bipartisan group announced two bills on May 10 aimed at improving the U.S. government's approach to classifying information.
Navy links uncrewed air, sea tech to solve Integrated Battle Problem
The Integrated Battle Problem exercise allows U.S. Pacific Fleet to evaluate uncrewed tech and discover their best applications.
Ukraine gets British long-range missiles ahead of counteroffensive
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace described the move as a “calibrated, proportionate response to Russian’s escalation” in its invasion of Ukraine.
How ‘digital twins’ make defense supply chains more resilient
A combination of enabling technologies and analytic capabilities produce a virtual model of a process, system, or object, informed by real-time data.
US Air Force wants drone wingmen to bring ‘mass’ airpower on a budget
The Air Force plans to collect industry's ideas for creating drone wingmen and use them to flesh out how it might use collaborative combat aircraft.
Signals intelligence teams reposition to face China, Russia
The mission has shifted dramatically as the United States ratchets up competition in the frequency bands with peer competitors like Russia and China.
The failure of Russia’s missile war in Ukraine
Russia's missile attacks have, in the aggregate, failed to produce the kind of decisive strategic effects Moscow likely expected.
Hyper-enabling special ops will transform missions
New tech for language and text translation, as well as secure data transfer, gives operators an edge.
