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The new battlespace will “hyperconnect” radios, 5G, troposcatter, and SATCOM
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (412+ words) Enabling next-generation command and control with the same radio waveforms that were designed a decade-or-longer ago is a non-starter. "Hyperconnectivity" is the term best used to describe the U.S. Army's plan for a ubiquitous network of tactical line-of-sight radios, beyond-line-of-sight terminals,…...
The network transport layer is the backbone of next-generation command and control
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (81+ words) Hybrid communications requirements will shape the Army's data infrastructure of the future. The Army's Next Generation Command and Control efforts will require a network capable of supporting its data collection, management, and sharing goals, and it all starts with the…...
Space Force to get NOAA antennas to supplement Satellite Control Network
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (706+ words) Space Systems Command is prototyping a Joint Antenna Marketplace to offload some of the SCN's burden and expand its capacity by using existing commercial and non-DoD agency antennas, rather than building costly new ones for the network. MAUI " The Space…...
Army says e-commerce-like marketplace for tactical radio capabilities in the works
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (373+ words) The model, called Common Hardware Software Solutions Tactical Radios (CHESS-TR), is currently in the "concept stage" within the Army Software Factory. TECHNET AUGUSTA 2025 " As part of the Army's radio modernization plan, the service is planning to introduce a new procurement…...
With Intelsat buy, SES targets European defense market
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (484+ words) SES's American arm, SES Space & Defense, was awarded a five-year "Sustainment Tactical Network (STN) contract" to provide the US Army with satellite communications services. SMD 2025 " Having wrapped up its $3.1 billion acquisition of Intelsat General last month, Luxembourg-based satellite communications (SATCOM)…...
Largest military buildup in the Pacific since World War II means network transport must keep up
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (947+ words) The demand for space, terrestrial, and surface/subsurface data at the edge requires networks to scale with fiber optics. Breaking Defense discussed future proofing the network with Scott Barnett, vice president of the Department of Defense practice for Lumen. Breaking…...
Space Force is contracting with SpaceX for new, secretive MILNET SATCOM network
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (370+ words) WASHINGTON " The Space Force in contracting with SpaceX for a new government-owned, contractor-operated satellite communication constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO), called MILNET, that eventually will be integrated into the service's grand plan for a "hybrid mesh network" combining commercial…...
DoD S-band needed for Golden Dome, border defense threatened by spectrum auction plans: CSIS
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (788+ words) WASHINGTON " Congressional plans under consideration to open S-band spectrum used exclusively by the Defense Department to commercial 5G networks will jam a bevy of radars used by the military for air and missile defense, just as President Donald Trump's Golden Dome…...
Fiber optic is the answer for DoD’s ever-increasing network bandwidth needs
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1437+ words) Data needs to find fiber" is the only way to achieve secure ultra-low latency security for GovCloud applications and AI demand. The differences between DODIN (Department of Defense Information Network) capabilities and scale and what individual commands can do are…...
To protect undersea cables in the Middle East, US needs a new hub
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (663+ words) Undersea cable cut incidents will eventually spread to the Middle East, retired Vice Adm. Michael J. Connor and JINSA analyst Yoni Tobin argue in this op-ed, so the US must get ready. Undersea cable cut incidents will eventually spread to the…...