Science & Tech
Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
Quest gains urgency as enemy drones and missiles get better, cheaper, and more widely used.
Science & Tech
Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept
“We see significant progress,” in opening up DOD data, one observer said. But a bigger, multinational test is coming.
Defense
A boom in space-based intelligence is coming. Can ground networks keep up?
Companies that used to sell pictures and pixels are selling analysis—and looking for ways to move faster.
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Defense
New sat images show Russian vessels fleeing Black Sea ports
Ukrainian drone attacks have also prompted Russian patrols and harbor defenses, according to BlackSky images.
Science & Tech
How AI is turning satellite imagery into a window on the future
What can a picture from space tell you? “You're likely to have a drought here that might lead to civil unrest.”
Defense
Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up
A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.
Defense
As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons
A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.
Defense
Chinese space, nuclear development is ‘breathtakingly fast,’ DOD officials warn
Heads of STRATCOM, Space Command discuss growing nuclear, space dangers.
Defense
Is Russia putting an anti-satellite nuke in space?
A long-ago U.S. test showed the kind of havoc that could wreak in orbit.
Defense
CNO: US Navy is having a 1930s moment
Franchetti highlights “warfighting” and “warfighters” as key priorities.
Defense
High-Powered microwave weapon may have just passed a critical test
RTX’s CHIMERA shows it can track and attack targets at "tactically relevant ranges"
Defense
Pentagon Looking to Make Sure SpaceX Doesn’t Abandon Them in War
Spooked by the company’s new limits in Ukraine, military leaders are mulling new types of contracts.
Defense
Decrying Starlink's 'Weaponization,' SpaceX Cuts Support for Ukrainian Military
But Wednesday's explanation by the Elon Musk-founded company is at odds with its continuing work for the U.S. military.
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