NRO plans to evolve its portfolio of satellites and sensors in space to increase affordability, bolster resiliency and allow for greater integration of other intelligence community assets.
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Less than a week after the U.S. Air Force unveiled a 2015 budget request that senior officers hailed as a step toward disaggregation, government officials raised doubts about the approach.
U.S. Space Assets Face Growing Threat From Adversaries, Stratcom Chief Warns
Haney’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee marked the third time in recent weeks that a senior U.S. military or intelligence official has publicly sounded the alarm about the threats U.S. national security space assets face from adversaries abroad.
Lockheed Eyes Partnerships to Keep MUOS Production Lines Warm
Lockheed Martin, in concert with the Pentagon, is looking to drum up interest among U.S. allies in the next-generation satellite communications system it is building for the U.S. Navy as means of sustaining the existing production line until the service is ready to procure more.
Profile | Brig. Gen. Roger Teague, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses, U.S. Air Force Space Command
Shrinking budgets and growing threats have pushed Space Command to undertake a series of reviews that could redefine how it fields and operates space capabilities in the future.
Shelton Says He’s Laying Groundwork for Successor
The commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command and the service’s top uniformed officer for space, whose concerns about future defense funding have pushed the industry out from a comfortable status quo, has signaled that his departure is close at hand.
Pentagon’s Top Space Contractor Recognizes Imperative To Change
The Pentagon’s biggest space hardware contractor said the company must change along as the U.S. military adopts new ways of operating in space.
Curiosity Rover Bounces Back from Electrical Glitch
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity resumed science operations Nov. 23, six days after mission engineers noticed an odd voltage change and stood the robot down to investigate.
USAF-funded Tests Demonstrate Low-cost Secure Satcom Options
The findings are among the first to come out of $84 million worth of studies the Air Force funded in 2012.
Panelists: Threats to U.S. Milsatcom Systems Come in All Forms
As the U.S. military secures its satellites, it must also secure its satellite ground stations.