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Amazon, Anduril Partner to Take Cloud to the Tactical Edge
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (805+ words) WASHINGTON " One of the Pentagon's largest cloud services providers is partnering with a rising defense juggernaut to provide high-capacity computing and AI for targeting and sensor fusion in a mobile data center built for austere conditions at the tactical edge....
Space Force Approves New Satellite Jammer for Operational Use
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (556+ words) Air & Space Forces Magazine Space Force Approves New Satellite Jammer for Operational Use Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at…...
Space Force Gives Boeing $2 Billion for Narrowband Comms Satellites
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (305+ words) The Space Force selected Boeing to extend the life of its Mobile User Objective System for narrowband satellite communications, awarding the company $2 billion to build two satellites for the program." "The two new space vehicles will extend the system's Wideband…...
Experts: Adversaries Exploit App Data to Track Troops, Families
2+ week, 4+ day ago (842+ words) For millions of Americans, downloading smartphone apps and quickly allowing them access to the phone's location data has become a daily routine. But for service members and their families, every download can offer U. S. adversaries a chance to threaten their personal…...
Space Force Picks Intelsat, Viasat for Protected SATCOM Program
2+ week, 6+ day ago (300+ words) The Space Force announced contract awards to Intelsat General and Viasat to begin building a constellation of satellites in geosynchronous orbit for protected, secure communications. The contracts, which total $437 million, are part of the Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global program. The companies…...
USAF to Buy New Radios to Help Rescue Downed Pilots
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (464+ words) The Next-Generation Survivor'Radio will replace the'current'Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio, which has'been in service since 2006.'Development of the NGSR kicked off with a small investment in 2025 and picked up with $51. 7 million in R&D funding in the 2026 budget.' The Air…...
Air Force Plans to Ditch BACN Jets for Satellite Communications
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) The Air Force's BACN may be cooked'the service plans to retire its entire E-11 A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node fleet in fiscal 2028 and equip aircraft to use satellite communications instead. Department of the Air Force senior leaders disclosed the move in…...
Space Force Resets Plan for Modernizing Satellite Control Network
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (522+ words) After canceling a program to modernize the network of antennas that track and manage Pentagon and other U. S. government satellites, the Space Force has issued a notice to industry seeking input on what existing infrastructure might be available to meet that…...