The Space Development Agency has appointed Col. Alexander Rasmussen, most recently chief of the Tracking Layer at SDA, as chief capability officer. Rasmussen announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
The Federal Communications Commission has granted SpaceX approval to build, deploy and operate up to 7,500 satellites for its second-generation Starlink constellation to provide satellite broadband service to customers across the U.S.
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Senate and House negotiators working on a compromise on an annual defense policy bill agreed to add $45 billion to the Biden administration’s defense spending plans, a move that would set the
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The Defense Logistics Agency is working to enhance the Department of Defense’s visibility of the supply chain for the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft, DOD reported Wednesday. “The first attempt to making
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The Senate voted 92-3 Wednesday to confirm Robert Storch, inspector general at the National Security Agency, as IG of the Department of Defense. President Joe Biden nominated Storch to the IG role
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Democrats in Congress are working on a spending package for fiscal year 2023 and considering a one-week extension to a stopgap measure that is set to expire on Dec. 16, to avoid
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The Department of Defense released an annual report outlining the challenges facing the U.S. military and assessing changes in China’s military and security strategy, DOD News reported Tuesday. The 2022 China Military
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Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, commander of Space Training and Readiness Command, said STARCOM is considering offering live operations training to Guardians in addition to conducting training in an “all simulation, all classroom
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David McKeown, acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, said DOD has been working on plans to facilitate its transition to zero trust by fiscal year 2027 and included in
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The Department of Defense is looking at a proposal of Boeing to provide Ukraine with ground-launched small diameter bombs to help the Eastern European country counter Russian attacks amid declining U.S. and
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and U.S. Cyber Command have launched a pilot program that intends to accelerate the delivery of strategic and tactical cybersecurity capabilities to cyber operators. The Constellation
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