Defense officials advocate for diverse target-tracking architecture
Defense officials say a moving target indicator capability that includes both air and space assets is needed until the department defines its architecture.
Space
Varda lands third space capsule, carrying key hypersonic flight data
Funded by AFRL, Varda’s W-3 capsule landed May 13 at Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.
MAG, L3Harris to supply Army with ATHENA-equipped spy planes
The U.S. Army is expanding its ISR arsenal as the Pentagon readies for potential conflict with Russia and China.
Four questions for Ed Barker, Army’s new electronic warfare executive
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ed Barker was named as the next leader of PEO IEW&S in April. The office deals in jammers, reconnaissance, biometric tools and more.
Space Development Agency awards $1.5 billion for transport satellites
The 72 satellites are part of a constellation SDA expects will one day include hundreds of small satellites operating in low Earth orbit.
Don’t ditch soldiers for machines, combine them, Rainey says
The U.S. Army was pursuing more than 200 artificial intelligence-related projects as of 2021, according to a federal watchdog.
Satellite startup True Anomaly opens Colorado factory
The building, called GravityWorks, will host production for the company’s Jackal spacecraft, designed to perform rendezvous and proximity operations.
Troops need improved cyber education, US Army leaders say
Failing "to defend the networks that our warfighters use absolutely will cause us to lose,” said Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, the ARCYBER commander.
New Army CIO wants to trade bureaucracy for speedier modernization
Leonel Garciga, a Navy veteran, succeeds Raj Iyer, who after nearly three years as Army chief information officer returned to private industry.
Orders flooding in on Pentagon’s $9 billion cloud contract
The Pentagon in late 2022 tapped Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle for its potential $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC.
DARPA to explore technology needed for moon-based economy
The study aims to establish an analytical framework for “rapid scientific and commercial activity on and around the moon,” between 2025 and 2035.
