Russia said Tuesday that the U.S. decision to withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities would erode global security by making it more difficult for… Source link
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Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear says the industrial base will be able to support the rapid launch cadence needed to build its proliferated constellation of hundreds of satellites in… Source link
Congress’ unprecedented fiscal response to COVID-19 has many in the defense community wondering whether belt tightening will hit the Pentagon. Source link
Technology policy has itself been warped by an overuse of misleading Cold War analogies and that’s evident in the recent language surrounding the pandemic. Source link
The Senate Armed Services Committee will mark up its annual defense policy bill the week of June 8, mostly in closed session, its leaders announced Tuesday. Source link
A study says Southeast Asian countries are cutting defense spending as a result of the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, potentially opening up room for China to further assert… Source link
The two payloads will be integrated into the first two geosynchronous Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites, with the first expected to be launched in 2025. Source link
Futurist Peter Singer explains the role of artificial intelligence in his new book, “Burn-In, a Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution.” Source link
Time is running out on an arms control treaty that, if it’s allowed to expire, will leave the world with no legal restrictions on U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons for the first time in nearly half a… Source link
There’s now a formal petition for the FCC to overturn its decision to let Ligado use the L-band spectrum. Source link
Travel restrictions and closures related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic hit CAE’s civil training and defense segments. But said the company CEO: “I think we have seen the bottom and we have… Source link
Leadership of the House Armed Services Committee doesn’t seem impressed with the answers it has received from the Federal Communications Commission. Source link
Day-to-day restrictions on supersonic flight won’t stop pilots from pushing the F-35 to the limits in combat, an F-35 test pilot tells Defense News. Source link
The growth in China’s defense budget would see spending rise from $167 billion last year to $178.2 billion, an increase of about $11 billion. Source link
America must beef up its military cooperative research and development efforts with tech-savvy democratic allies. At the top of that list should be Israel. Source link
Ten European Union countries have expressed regret at U.S. plans to withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over more than 30 countries. Source link
The new competition, for a program known as the service delivery wrap, aims to compete management of the ground control stations until a new generation of communication satellites are launched… Source link
The Oceana shipyard in southern Brazil could also take on work from other customers in South America, according to the German contractor. Source link
America’s national security depends on having a deeper knowledge of the full supply chains of subcomponents, including how and where they are produced. Source link
Criminals are using COVID-19 lures to trick banks and customers into providing personal and financial information. Source link
Early U.S.-Russia talks to renew the New START arms control treaty have begun, and the two sides have agreed to an in-person dialogue once the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Source link
The report calls for the consolidation of budget line items along mission portfolios, incremental funding for satellites, and delegating milestone decision authority, among other things. Source link