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Warrant officers in the new role will work to make sure insights derived from battlefield data are shared with other services and foreign forces.

Warrant officers in the new role will work to make sure insights derived from battlefield data are shared with other services and foreign forces.

After Link 16-to-space demonstrations go well abroad, could FAA approval for domestic tests be next?

The agency conducted a series of demonstrations from Nov. 21 to 27, transmitting signals from satellites in low Earth orbit to a ground-based test site.

The Tranche 0 satellites allow military users to familiarize themselves with SDA's capabilities before the agency delivers an operational constellation.

The seller is in the midst of its own acquisition that also represents industry consolidation.

The Link 16 Tactical Communications antenna are coming from private companies. The Link 16 Tactical Communications antenna for the US Military chose private companies to produce its needs, with Redwire and MDA working together in creating what it needs.

Egyptian sources tell Breaking Defense that this may not be the last Rafale purchase. Egypt is now eying the Rafale F4. “We are looking to increase the (overall) number to 72 or 100 units, depending on Egypt’s financial capacity.”

By   Theresa Hitchens on February 11, 2021 at 5:24 PM WASHINGTON: The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to issue a request for proposals this summer for some 150 satellites to provide “initial warfighting capability” for communications and missile tracking, says SDA Director Derek Tournear. The new satellites, to be launched in September 2024, will comprise what SDA calls “Tranche 1” of its planned seven-layer National Defense Space Architecture. They will follow-on the 20 Transpo...

A highly-networked common set of stealth fighters makes America and its allies so much stronger. Should the United States suddenly face a substantial and damaging military attack, the military would of course need to respond quickly, firing ship and submarine-launched Tomahawks into the attacking country. The military would also draw upon the existing Rapid Raptor program wherein F-22s are scrambled to strike anywhere in the globe within twenty-four to forty-eight hours. Finally, the Pentagon w...