By Jonathan Beale, Published by BBC News, 16 July 2021 The US wants to locate a giant new radar system in the UK to track objects in deep space. The US Space Force is developing the global system to identify potential "targets" up to 36,000km away, in areas of deep
By Seth Robson, Published by Stars and Stripes, 16 July 2021 The Army is showing off its ability to quickly move defensive and offensive missiles around the Pacific amid threats to U.S. bases in Japan. The latest demonstration involves the deployment of Patriot missile defense launchers to Australia for the
By William Cole, Published by Stars and Stripes, 14 July 2021 Tribune News Service — The Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii — which the Pentagon zeroed out two years in a row in its funding requests — is back with $75 million approved by the House Appropriations Committee today in the fiscal
By David Vergun for DoD News, Pulished by Space War, 13 July 2021 Washington DC (AFNS) - The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 - part of MDA's Nanosat Testbed Initiative - uses small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked radio communications between nanosatellites while in orbit. MDA will conduct a
By Bruce Gagnon, Published in Organizing Notes, 12 July 2021 Another great banner made by ARRT! (Artist Rapid Response Team) here in Maine. The group is led by long-revered artist/activist Natasha Mayers who has been a regular at the protests at Bath Iron Works (BIW) where naval Aegis destroyers are
By Agneta Norberg,Published by Organizing Notes, 3 July 2021 Warplanes F-16, from the US´s 480 Fighter Squadron, took off from Luleå/Kallax airfield on June 7th 2021 at 9 o´clock. This was the start for war training and coordination with the Swedish warplane, JAS 39 Gripen. The target is Russia. The
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 1 July 2021 Space Force is actively considering whether its future missile warning and tracking satellites should be stationed in a wider range of orbits than in the past to improve the network's accuracy and resiliency, an SMC official says. WASHINGTON: The Space
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 29 June 2021 WASHINGTON: Space is becoming ever-more important for detecting and tracking “evolved” threats from both ballistic and hypersonic cruise missiles, Vice Adm. Jon Hill, Missile Defense Agency director, said today. “One of the great values of space” is to “sensor architectures,”
