Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites have been supporting the US DoD’s warfighting information exchange requirements, enabling execution of tactical C4ISR, battlefield management and combat support information.
Author: DataFloren
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Outgunned in the Drone Fight: The U.S. Military Is Failing to Adopt the Next Machine Gun
[[{“value”:”The British Army began World War I with only two machine guns per infantry battalion. One gun was a spare, meaning the effective ratio was one per 1,000 soldiers. Historian John Ellis summarized, “For the British commanders, on the eve of the First World War, the machine gun simply did not exist.” The inability to grasp the changing technological character of ground combat cost British forces dearly early in the war. In what remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, tens of thousands of British soldiers were mown down by German machine gunners in the 1916
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NASA Ends $2 Billion Satellite Refueling Project Amid Challenges
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NASA has announced the termination of the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project. This decision, revealed on March 1, 2024, follows nearly a decade of development and an investment of around $2 billion, highlighting the challenges the project faced in terms of technical complexities, cost increases, and changing market dynamics.
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Qatari shipbuilder joins forces with L3Harris, debuts Suhail USV at DIMDEX 2024
Performance Marine Chairman Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani told Breaking Defense that Suhail is the first fully autonomous USV completely built in Doha.
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High-tech sea drones sink another Russian warship, Ukraine says
The sinking of the patrol ship Sergey Kotov would be a significant loss and an embarrassing blow for Moscow.
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Poland to Launch First Military Satellites in 2025
[[{“value”:”Poland has announced plans to launch its first military observation satellites in 2025 to bolster its national security amid heightened tensions in the region.
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ISRO’s EOS-6 Satellite Enables Precise Air Quality Monitoring
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed and validated an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM-3) Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) product.This data product enables determining the intricacies of air quality dynamics over the landmass of the Indian subcontinent. It is developed using the SAC Aerosol Retrieval (SAER) algorithm, an innovative tool. It utilises EOS-6 satellite data.“The product
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Army Seeks Industry’s Info On Gun-Based Counter-Drone, New Small UAS Solutions
The Army is seeking industry’s information on new turreted gun-based counter-drone capabilities and available small UAS solutions capable of rapid reconfiguration of mission payloads, according to a pair of notices
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GA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
[Sponsored] When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
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Drones, robotic tech pose threat to US nuclear security, general says
Intercepting unmanned systems has become a priority for Pentagon officials, who are monitoring skirmishes across Ukraine and the Greater Middle East.