Satellites卫星
Russian and Chinese advances led to the revelation, Gen. Douglas Schiess says at AFA.
US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
US military bought commercial satellite images of alleged narco airstrips, Chinese naval fleet
The Space Force can improve how it embraces commercial intel, a new GAO report says.
Defense Business Brief: Arcfield’s state of play; SMD wrap up; X-Bow Systems’ MDA win
US rocket-launch bottleneck worries Sweden, which just launched its first military satellite
The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”
Space Force must prepare for all-out warfare, think tank says
A new Mitchell Institute report looked at wide-ranging war scenarios.
‘Everyone wants a spaceplane’: More countries eye on-orbit protection for satellites
New report says France, Germany, India, and Japan aim to emulate U.S., Chinese capabilities.
‘Hybrid constellations’ are making it hard for militaries to hide
Vantor plans to combine high- and low-resolution space imagery in its satellite fleet.
As space weapons proliferate, spy satellites are getting new duties
Space Force signs selects Vantor to watch for naughty satellites, space threats.
The D Brief: The ‘feel-out’ summit; Vulcan, operational; Costly IT do-overs; Military vs. cartels; And a bit more.
Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
AI, satellites, and Golden Dome shine in new House-passed defense bill
The House version of the NDAA takes aim at acquisition and requirements processes that have long bedeviled both Congress and the military.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.
What SDA’s latest win signals for military space
The agency is working to build a massive constellation of satellites.
Maxar launching AI-powered ‘predictive intelligence’ to spot crises before they happen
New software for fusing satellite data from multiple constellations could spot big events before they pop off.
The D Brief: COCOM noms; Mass 3D-printing in the field; Trump, Xi talk; The future of deception; And a bit more.
China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts
Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.
Patrick Tucker and Audrey Decker
The D Brief: Jet falls off carrier; Yemen-bombing stats; Global defense-spending spike; Amazon’s first satellites; And a bit more.
The D Brief: Space Force’s new war plan; Musk, Palantir, Anduril eye ‘Golden Dome’ contracts; DOD’s race for small reactors; And a bit more.
Lauren C. Williams and Ben Watson
The D Brief: NSA chief fired; SecDef under investigation; ‘Limited success’ for Yemen strikes; China’s anti-sat arsenal; And a bit more.
Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
How China is expanding its anti-satellite arsenal
The Space Force chief doesn’t like the “curves” of how China is progressing vs the U.S.—and says he doesn’t have the funding to reverse it.
Trump to get Golden Dome options next week: defense source
The Pentagon may need to create a new organization to build the ambitious missile shield, sources said.
美国空军协会的道格拉斯·希斯将军表示，俄罗斯和中国的进展导致了这一发现。
美国空军部长透露，美军拥有“在轨”太空武器
专家表示，这一承认可能会导致中国和俄罗斯采取公开行动。
美国军方购买了据称是毒品走私机场和中国海军舰队的商业卫星图像
美国政府问责局 (GAO) 的一份新报告指出，太空部队在利用商业情报方面还有改进的空间。
国防商业简报：Arcfield的最新动态；SMD总结；X-Bow Systems赢得MDA
美国火箭发射瓶颈令瑞典担忧，该国刚刚发射了其首颗军用卫星。
由于“严峻的安全形势”，该国加快了发射进程。
智库称，太空部队必须做好全面战争的准备。
米切尔研究所的一份新报告研究了各种战争情景。
“人人都想要一架空天飞机”：更多国家关注在轨卫星保护
最新报告称，法国、德国、印度和日本的目标是效仿美国和中国的能力。
“混合星座”使得军队难以隐藏自身。
Vantor计划在其卫星群中结合高分辨率和低分辨率太空图像。
随着太空武器的扩散，间谍卫星被赋予了新的职责。
太空部队选择 Vantor 监视不法卫星和太空威胁。
D 简报：试探性峰会；Vulcan 运行中；代价高昂的 IT 返工；军方与卡特尔；以及更多内容。
本·沃森和布拉德利·佩尼斯顿
人工智能、卫星和金穹顶在新通过的众议院国防法案中大放异彩
众议院版本的国防授权法案旨在改革长期以来困扰国会和军方的采购和需求流程。
国防一号电台，第187期：科技峰会对话：太空竞赛
这是今年国防科技峰会系列对话的第三篇。
SDA的最新胜利对军事航天意味着什么
该机构正致力于构建一个庞大的卫星星座。
Maxar推出人工智能驱动的“预测智能”技术，旨在危机发生前发现它们。
用于融合来自多个卫星星座的数据的新软件可以在重大事件爆发前发现它们。
D 简报：COCOM 提名；现场大规模 3D 打印；特朗普与习近平的会谈；欺骗的未来；以及其他一些内容。
专家表示，如果美国扼杀卫星图像业务，中国可能在未来冲突的“叙事”中占据主导地位。
专家表示，削减国家侦察局预算会损害公众对敌对势力行动的了解。
帕特里克·塔克和奥黛丽·德克尔
D简报：战机脱离航母；也门轰炸统计数据；全球国防开支激增；亚马逊首颗卫星；以及其他一些内容。
D 简报：太空部队的新作战计划；马斯克、Palantir、Anduril 瞄准“金穹顶”合同；国防部竞相采购小型反应堆；以及更多内容。
劳伦·C·威廉姆斯和本·沃森
D简报：美国国家安全局局长被解雇；国防部长接受调查；也门空袭“成效有限”；中国的反卫星武器库；以及其他一些内容。
布拉德利·佩尼斯顿和本·沃森
中国如何扩充其反卫星武器库
美国太空军司令不喜欢中国相对于美国的发展“曲线”，并表示他没有足够的资金来扭转这种局面。
据国防消息人士透露，特朗普下周将获得“金穹顶”的选址方案。
消息人士称，五角大楼可能需要创建一个新的机构来建造这项雄心勃勃的导弹防御系统。