Weekly Briefing: Defense Networks & Cyber

The latest defense networks & cyber news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

Army Issues Big RFP For IT To Bolster Network Modernization The RFP comes as the Army is undertaking a major, multi-year network modernization initiative.

SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation SDA intends to choose three contractors next year to design and build up to 144 new satellites.

HASC Budget Markup Creates Cyber Info Sharing Capabilities, DISA Cyber Procurement Office Notably, the committee chair's markup calls for private sector engagement in developing new cyber threat sharing capabilities.

DoD Launches New Zero-Trust Security Portfolio Office; CIO Talks Priorities The new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.

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DoD Launches New Zero-Trust Security Portfolio Office; CIO Talks Priorities

The new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.

SecAF Kendall Moves To Speed SDA Transfer To Air Force

"By statute, this is scheduled to occur on one October 2022, but there is no need to wait them until then" to integrate the Space Development Agency into the Air Force's space acquisition office, Kendall said. ere.

A Vision for Better, Faster C2 Decision-Making Across All Domains

For the future fighting concept, "we must shift from domain-centric to mission-centric effects, planning and execution. And that has to start with rethinking our C2 from the ground up," writes Scott Lee of MITRE.

As BlackSky Tees Up Hourly Imagery, NRO Extends Contract

"We really view ourselves, not as a space company, not as a satellite company, but as a geospatial intelligence company," says BlackSky's Chief Technical Officer Peter Wegner.

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After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan

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After Two Decades, US Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan WASHINGTON: After two decades, thousands of dead and millions of lives impacted, the US has ended its formal combat mission in Afghanistan. The last C-17 exited Hamid Karzai International Airport at 3:29 PM eastern time – just before the calendar flipped to Aug 31 Kabul time, the deadline for America's withdrawal. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the…

DARPA Hopes A Plane-Boat Hybrid Can Solve The Pentagon's Sealift Challenge A new DARPA solicitation is seeking information about a vehicle class capable of filling the sealift and airlift gaps within the Pentagon's requirements.

Army Issues Big RFP For IT To Bolster Network Modernization The RFP comes as the Army is undertaking a major, multi-year network modernization initiative.

In Afghanistan, Contractors Were Unsung Heroes Of US Efforts As the US spends its final hours in Afghanistan, Mark Cancian of CSIS notes that more contractors have died (8,000) than US service members (7,000) in post 9/11 operations.

Iraq Closes In On Drones, Helicopters And EW From Turkey Iraq wants 12 T-129 ATAK helicopters, six Koral electronic warfare systems, and an unspecified number of TB2 Bayraktar armed drones as part of the deal, which would tie the two countries closer.

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Weekly Briefing: Military Space

The latest military space news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

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SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation SDA intends to choose three contractors next year to design and build up to 144 new satellites.

Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress COLORADO SPRINGS: The House Armed Services Committee's draft policy bill calls for the head of the Space Force to review all classification of space systems "to determine if any programs should be reclassified or declassified." The chairman's mark of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), obtained by Breaking Defense, is the latest in…

Firefly Aerospace Set For First Launch Next Thursday; Static Test Passed "Firefly Alpha will provide a unique capability to the US Government that is not currently available: a 1,000 kg to orbit, commercial, domestic, launch vehicle that can be used for a wide variety of missions," says Firefly spokesperson Kim Jennett.

A Weapons Test Is The Wrong Way To Advance Norms On Responsible Behavior In Space If the US goes ahead with testing an anti-satellite system, it risks derailing what little progress has been made to develop international military and security-related norms for outer space, warns Jessica West.

More Flexibility, Greater Urgency Key For Space Security: Aerospace's Isakowitz "Everybody realizes the technologies, and the changes, we're seeing today (in space) are much more transformative than we've ever seen," says Aerospace's Steve Isakowitz.

Next-Gen OPIR Missile Warning On Schedule For 2025 Launch "At this point, we do not assess any impact to the schedule but continue to evaluate that day by day," said Col. Brian Denaro, SSC's program manager for Next Gen OPIR.

NORTHCOM Needs Help In Space For Arctic Communications Eliminating stovepipes that prevent sharing information about threats and responses is crucial to defense of the homeland, says Gen. Glen VanHerck, NORTHCOM head.

Near-Term Funds For Second Space Fence Radar Uncertain Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, head of Space Operations Command, said that the Space Force is now following 35,000 space objects, a 22% jump in only the last two years.

Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn't Worried "Hopefully we'll be all right and they (ULA) won't have any additional scheduled steps. But I think the strategy has actually been demonstrated to be a good thing," Air Force Frank Kendall says.

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If Commercial Space Is Ready to Set Sail, Why Are We Still Missing the Boat? Doug Loverro, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, lays out a news structure for how the Space Force should look at commercial space assets.

NRO, NGA, SPACECOM, Space Force Hammer Out Boundaries   UPDATED: Adds Space Command statement from Gen. Dickinson COLORADO SPRINGS: After a series of recent tussles over who manages what in space, National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese today announced a new agreement between his office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Space Force and Space Command, dubbed the Protected Defense Strategic Framework. "This high level…

New SPACECOM Strategy Will Define 'Space Combat Power' The new strategy will "strengthen our ability to outthink and out maneuver our competitors and dominate through space combat power, and it will always ensure that there will never be a day without space," said Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.

'We've Now Entered A New Space Race' As PRC, Russia Plan Moon Base: Sen. Moran "I do not believe that our astronauts, upon returning to the Moon, will want to be welcomed by the Chinese and the Russians. Instead, we should be there to meet them whenever they arrive," Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas says.

SecAF Kendall Moves To Speed SDA Transfer To Air Force "By statute, this is scheduled to occur on one October 2022, but there is no need to wait them until then" to integrate the Space Development Agency into the Air Force's space acquisition office, Kendall said. ere.

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