U.S. Space Force
Space Force Shifts Into High Gear on Cislunar Warfare
Gen. Stephen Purdy, the Space Force’s portfolio acquisition executive for advanced programs, said the service wants to field cislunar capabilities by...
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Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
Every system the U.S. military fields carries a line item that never appears in a budget justification book. No program office tracks it, and no auditor asks about it. It is the cost of the analysis that was never run.
In mission-critical engineering, teams face a choice they rarely say aloud: fast or accurate. A single high-fidelity simulation of a complex physical system can take days or weeks. One aircraft component can require on the order of 10,000 simulations to understand across its operating conditions, and an aircraft has millions of components that all have to work together.
SDA Transport Satellite Constellation Grows Larger As Integration Lags
With more than 80 satellites aloft, the U.S. Space Development Agency faces an integration challenge as future users count on the forthcoming mesh...
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Don't Let a Commercial Space Grab Put American Aviation at Risk
The Trump Administration deserves credit for its National Space Transportation Policy, which calls for more than 1,000 U.S. launches and reentries a year by 2030, cementing American leadership in space for a generation. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is right to ask what it will take to get there, including the radio spectrum that rockets and aircraft depend on for communications, tracking and telemetry.
However, buried inside this same review is a petition that has nothing to do with expanding opportunity, and everything to do with a land grab. A commercial space trade group, the Commercial Space Federation (CSF), is petitioning to dismantle the longstanding coordination system used to manage spectrum for flight testing of America’s fighters, bombers, missiles, passenger jets, and advanced air mobility systems. The FCC should reject this petition outright.
Multi-Constellation Networks Need Multi-Constellation Ground Stations
Rightly, the Pentagon has decided that the future of military satellite communications should not depend on one network or supplier. But putting...
1w agoRead it on RealClearDefenseTrump Nominates New Space Command CO, Vice CNO
If confirmed, Space Force Lt Gen David Miller would become the commander of SPACECOM, which oversees military operations in space, and Navy Vice...
2w agoRead it on Stars and StripesTwo Firms to Build 'Space-to-Space' Satellites for Space Force
Making the Greenland Agreement Work
The new U.S.-Greenland-Kingdom of Denmark agreement offers an opportunity to strengthen Arctic deterrence through distributed capabilities,...
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From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Will HASC Have an Oversight Subcommittee in the Next Congress?
By Christopher J. Bright • RealClearDefense
The U.S. is Overpaying for Missiles
By Alex Lee • RealClearDefense
The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Umbrella
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefenseFaster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Bombers Could Have a Major Air-to-Air Combat Role
By Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
Pentagon, Lockheed Agree to 10-Year Deal for 850 F-35 Jets
By M. Scanlon, Military T.
The Marine Corps Has a Boot Problem
By Travis Pike, Sandboxx News