The experimental satellite would enable beyond-line-of-sight communications for the Link 16 tactical network while reducing risk for the Space Development Agency's planned proliferated constellation.
The service's tactical network modernization team asked for a total of $2.1 billion in its fiscal 2022 budget request as growing radio requirements mount.
The service plans to try a series of ideas it gleaned from operations in Ukraine and Armenia to build its new tactical cyber and electronic warfare units.
We need to keep our nation’s seat of government safe, but creating a quick-reaction force is not the right solution, says the author of this commentary.