By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 15 August 2022 In addition to the satellites, the U.S. Army also transferred $78 million to the Space Force's budget to cover their costs. The U.S. Army transferred its satellite ground stations to the Space Force on Monday as the latest step in establishing
By Catherine Buchaniec, Published by DefenseNews, 11 August 2022 WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp., the world’s 54th largest defense contractor in the Defense News annual ranking, will provide the U.K. with high-altitude uncrewed balloons to be used for surveillance and reconnaissance. The U.S. aerospace company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, will
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 10 August 2022 DARPA is pursuing a new laser terminal design that would be compatible with any constellation HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Five commercial satellite operators — SpaceX, Telesat, SpaceLink, Viasat and Amazon’s Kuiper — are among 11 organizations selected by the Defense Advanced Research
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 1 August 2022 The Pentagon assigned the Space Force responsibilities as “integrator for joint space requirements" WASHINGTON – The Space Force, the military branch responsible for providing satellite-based services to the U.S. armed forces, was also recently assigned the role of “integrator for joint
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 6 July 2022 Hughes VP Rick Lober: DoD could take advantage of low Earth orbit satellites to deliver 5G for mobile users WASHINGTON — A $600 million DoD initiative to demonstrate 5G wireless networks at military bases nationwide is primarily focused on terrestrial communications
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by Eurasian Times, 6 July 2022 The US military is keen on expanding its communication and surveillance network to deal with the challenge of an aggressive enemy and its growing military power. The Pentagon, therefore, is ready to employ high-altitude hot balloons to deter its principal
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 June 2022 The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $13 billion over the next five years to develop and acquire military communications satellites. According to U.S. Department of Defense budget documents, this large investment supports growing demands for connectivity and secure data networks across
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 June 2022 The contract will support experiments in optical uplinks and downlinks between satellites in geostationary and low Earth orbits WASHINGTON — BlueHalo won an $11 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a pair of optical laser communications terminals
