US Military Technology

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Northrop Grumman Enhances Air Defense with Advanced AI Integration

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has introduced an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capability to its Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Advanced Battle Manager (ABM) system, aimed at impr

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Space Force orders more missile-tracking satellites from Millennium

Millennium will deliver six more spacecraft for the service's Missile Track Custody program as part of the $386 million deal.

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Millennium Space Systems secures contract for additional Missile Track Custody satellites

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 - Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to supply an additional set of six Missile Trac

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Space Force grants Northrop Grumman $1.8B to build missile warning birds for polar orbit - Breaking Defense

The two Northrop Grumman satellites, which will take highly elliptical orbits over the Earth's poles, are expected to be launched in 2028.

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Capella Space selected for Space Development Agency's Proliferated LEO Hybrid Acquisition

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 - Capella Space Corp., a U.S.-based space technology company specializing in satellite and data solutions, has been chosen to participate in the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Hybrid Acquisition for

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Eutelsat America and OneWeb to provide Enhanced Satellite Services for US Govt

London, UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 - Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), a subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, have partnered with Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) to deliver Iridium Certus and Iridium Sate

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New Space Force effort focused on 'closing C2 kill chains' - Breaking Defense

The new Space Systems Command effort is focused on establishing integrated C2 networks for four classified weapon systems chosen by the head of US Space Command Gen. Stephen Whiting.

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New Space Force effort focused on 'closing C2 kill chains' - Breaking Defense

The new Space Systems Command effort is focused on establishing integrated C2 networks for four classified weapon systems chosen by the head of US Space Command Gen. Stephen Whiting.

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WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s primary acquisition command has established a new effort to build integrated command and control (C2) networks — that is, machine-to-machine capabilities to seamlessly feed data from multiple sensors through battle management systems that process data to “shooters” — focused on four high priority, classified weapon systems, according to senior officials.

 

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Northrop Grumman advances airborne deep sensing and targeting for US Army

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2024 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully demonstrated phase two of its Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) system during the U.S. Army's Vanguard 24 experiment. The DSaT system enhances l

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AI has role to play in protecting American nuclear C2 systems: STRATCOM head - Breaking Defense

The STRATCOM head emphasized the strategic advantages that AI and ML will add to NC3 systems, but said that a human must still be involved in the loop as this will “maximize the adoption of these capabilities and maintain our edge over our adversaries.”

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Laser, microwave, and other directed-energy weapons ready for the battlefield

Perhaps no technology has shaped the 21st-century battlefield as profoundly as the drone. These uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), along with their land and sea counterparts, have...

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Laser vibration sensing technology can detect landmines faster than previous techniques

Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly and time-consuming.

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CIA Has Secret "Nonviolent" Way To Disable Large Ships: Report

President Trump's administration is said to have considered using the CIA's mystery ship-stopping system against Venezuelan oil tankers.

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The US needs to get real about maneuver warfare in space - Breaking Defense

"It’s time for America to put real investments into space weapons capable of targeting earth-bound targets," writes Christopher Stone in this op-ed.

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The US needs to get real about maneuver warfare in space - Breaking Defense

"It’s time for America to put real investments into space weapons capable of targeting earth-bound targets," writes Christopher Stone in this op-ed.

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To do this requires the development of space-to-ground weapons (SGWs), whose focus would be to make Chinese concentrations of terrestrial and space counter-intervention forces in the Western Pacific irrelevant by holding them at risk. Once deployed, SGWs would provide enhanced space deterrence during peacetime and crisis, and if necessary, destroy threats to US terrestrial forces by rolling back barriers to entry for our smaller air, land, and maritime forces.

The current technology at our disposal, coupled with less expensive lift, heavy lift, and soon to be super heavy lift rockets, means there are ways to get small constellations of SGWs deployed around Earth, capable of achieving five-minute target revisit rates with little defense to stop them. The Chinese have already demonstrated they are pursuing similar capability through their Fractional/Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) system. Therefore, we should position our space forces into the front of the line to ensure decisiveness in such a conflict.

 

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New DOD supercomputer designed to thwart chem and bio threats

DefenseScoop has new details about the CASSIE supercomputer, a Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration initiative to generate new chemical and biological defense capabilities.

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Poland opens long-awaited US missile base

Redzikowo, Poland (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Polish and American officials on Wednesday opened a US missile base in northern Poland originally intended to defend the West against threats from the Middle East, but now aimed at confronting Russia.

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Think fast: A missile-defense system built for speed

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Satellites positioned high above Earth transmit crucial data to the surface in under a second, appearing swiftly on a computer screen monitored by a U.S. Space Force operator. The operator's swift u

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