Space-based capabilities like GPS and satellite communications are vital to modern warfighting—and they are also most easily attackable via the electromagnetic spectrum via jamming or spoofing the radio transmissions that provide their command and control. But the Department of Defense’s electromagnetic warfare efforts in space ...
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The Space Force turns five years old on Dec. 20, with Guardians everywhere preparing to celebrate. Yet public awareness of the Space Force remains low. So, on the occasion of this milestone, here are five things to know about the Space Force and why it matters ...
There’s a clear consensus within the Pentagon that the Space Force needs more money to tackle its growing mission and support the joint force—but don’t go raiding the Air Force’s budget to provide it, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said Dec. 19.
On Dec. 20, the Space Force celebrates its fifth birthday. Yet already, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman is looking ahead to Year 6. On Dec. 17, Saltzman reeled off a list of seven major initiatives he wants to work on in 2025—by his ...
The Space Force successfully launched its seventh GPS III satellite into orbit Dec. 16—shaving more than a year and a half off the typical timeline for launching the highest priority national security spacecraft and switching rocket providers to do it.
From wastewater treatment to maintenance services to a common operating picture software platform, the Space Force is working on hundreds of projects worth several billion dollars to upgrade its launch facilities.
Space Training and Readiness Command boss Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Sejba said he is expanding and improving on the service’s Space Flag environment to prepare Guardians for great power competition.
It’s often said commanders have an insatiable appetite for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. When it comes to space, commercial capabilities are helping to at least whet that appetite, Space Force commanders said at the Spacepower Conference this week.
The Space Force is flying new command and control software on experimental satellites that can automate some functions for ops crews. The new software, dubbed R2C2 for Rapid and Resilient Command and Control, is leading a wave of new applications for artificial intelligence and automation for ...