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U.S. Needs Space-Based Weapons To Defend JADC2
The Space Force needs to deter adversaries from attacking space infrastructure that is critical for data collection and communications, according...
10/25/22Read it on National Defense MagazineFaster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
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...
23h agoRead it on Breaking Defense
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...
4d agoRead it on Aviation Week
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...
3w 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,...
3w agoRead it on RealClearDefense
The Services Do Not Need a Four-Star Autonomous Warfare Command
By Steven Wills • RealClearDefense
Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
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
Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
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Closing the Sea: Lessons from Ancient Mediterranean Blockades
By DeCasien, CIMSECFrom 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