By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 12 September 2023 The two new Integrated Mission Deltas will be responsible for all aspects of electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing. AFA 2023 — The Space Force is experimenting with a new organizational structure, putting both operations and sustainment activities for
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 5 May 2023 In a rare tour of the GPS ops floor, Lt. Col. Robert Wray, commander of the Space Force's 2nd Operations Squadron responsible for GPS operations, described the mission and why timing, more than anything, is critical. SCHRIEVER SFB — The
"Kava," a Ukrainian frontline paramedic, uses a Starlink internet connection in a basement in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region as Russian shells explode nearby on February 20, 2023. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 23 March 2023 Units scramble for solutions as Russia learns to
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 13 March 2023 Maj. Gen. Mike Greiner: “We think this was a low-risk move to help free up resources” WASHINGTON — With several GPS satellites in storage awaiting launch opportunities, the U.S. Space Force decided to press pause on new orders, the top Air
Picture: Getty Images By Matt Burgess, Pubished by Wired, 15 December 2022 Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks. Every day, billions of people use the GPS satellite system to find their way around the world—but GPS signals are vulnerable.
By Bryan Clark, Published by IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2022 The Ukraine invasion has become an old-fashioned slog, enabling Russia to unleash its electronic weapons A month into Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian troops stumbled upon a nondescript shipping container at an abandoned Russian command post outside Kyiv. They did not know
By Greg Hadley, Published by Airforce Magazine, 25 July 2022 FARNBOROUGH, U.K.—Military and defense industry officials are proud to say the Global Positioning System of satellites has entrenched itself as the world standard of position, navigation, and timing. But new threats—and some futuristic considerations—are leading some to think bigger than
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 25 March 2022 Spire is providing GPS telemetry data to help detect jamming as part of a project run by the U.S. Space Systems Command WASHINGTON — A constellation of about 40 geolocation satellites operated by Spire Global is collecting data used by the
