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,”
By Michael Byers, Published by PeaceQuest, 28 June 2021 There have been a lot of questions surrounding Canada’s proposed new warships, also know as Canadian Surface Combatants. Writing in The Globe and Mail this week, Michael Byers points out that some of the weapons technology being considered for our fleet
By Jospeh Trevithick, Published by Warzone, 24 June 2021 The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has suggested that portions of a future Aegis Ashore site on the strategic American island of Guam in the Pacific could go into bunkers underground or onto mobile platforms. Ostensibly, this is due
By Morgan Artyukhina, Published by Sputniknews, 18 June 2021 Just weeks ago, the Saudi government asked the US to help defend them against the Houthis or a potential attack by Iran; now the Pentagon has said the Saudis are capable of shouldering most of their defensive needs in their war
