Weekly Briefing: Military Space

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Military Space Report

Lockheed Martin walks away from $4.4B Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition Lockheed's decision could leave Aerojet looking for another buyer as it tries to manage an internal struggle between executives.

It's not just 5G: China's telecom strategy needs to be countered in space America's best options to counter China's telecom investment is to double down on space-based 5G, writes Gabe Arrington, a fellow at CNAS and MIT.

NOAA plans 'initial' civil alternate to DoD space tracking system by 2024: senior official NOAA next week will issue first requests for proposal to industry asking for help in setting requirements for an unclassified space tracking and collision warning system, said Steve Volz, who currently manages the effort.

Pentagon's POET in space wraps orbital data fusion demo On-board, or "edge," processing is key to SDA's plans to develop a satellite network that can gather data from multiple sensors on the ground, at sea and in space to provide operators with precise, near-real-time targeting information.

If Aerojet merger fails, Lockheed to look for other acquisition opportunities If the Aerojet acquisition "doesn't come to fruition, we'll look at our available capital and we'll apply it to the next highest best use," which could be further mergers and acquisition, said Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet.

No love from Russia for UN military space norms meeting The formal planning meeting adjourned to a private venue after the clock ran out on interpretation services at the Palais de Nations and building management threatened to kill the lights on the diplomatic squabbling.

Trump-era nukes, Army programs likeliest FY23 budget cuts: Experts With the release of the Pentagon's FY23 budget request likely only a month or so away, defense experts offered their best guesses about what programs might be on the chopping block.

Exclusive: Kendall floats commercial space ideas to VP Harris [Updated] Kendall's memo was "a proactive effort by the department to support the Vice President, and ensure the Department of Defense can support Biden Administration efforts to foster a broader role for the commercial space sector in supporting a more resilient space capabilities," an Air Force official told Breaking Defense.

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