“In the end, what we’re really going to have to figure out here is: what needs to change? Is it policies? Is it authorities? Is it processes? Is it funding? Is it purely just advocacy and communication?” said National Space Council Director Chirag Parikh.
Tag: Policy
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Defense Innovation Unit moves to ease commercial drone certifications
DIU wants to improve its process for vetting commercial drones, with the goal of making it easier for companies to sell their systems to the U.S. military.
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Pentagon canceled Northrop’s classified satellite program due to ‘budgetary concerns’
Its CEO also said the company won’t compete to build cheap, non-survivable drones.
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Drone-killing costs must come down, says Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
Defense companies have built and pitched everything from powerful lasers and microwaves to drones that ram their targets midair.
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EU to impose new sanctions on Iran drone, missile producers
[[{“value”:”Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 17, 2024
European Union leaders agreed Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile producers over Tehran’s unprecedented weekend attack on Israel, EU chief Charles Michel said.
“We have decided to put in place sanctions against Iran, it is a clear signal that we wanted to send,” the European Council president said at an EU summit in Brussels.
“The idea is to target the compani”}]]
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AFRICOM Prioritizes Counter-Drone Systems Amid Rising Threats in Africa
In response to escalating surveillance and direct threats to U.S. forces in Africa, particularly in the Red Sea region, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has placed counter-uncrewed systems and integrated air defenses at the forefront of its $500 million unfunded priorities list (UPL). The UPL, a congressionally mandated report, outlines AFRICOM’s critical needs that
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Unmanned, uncompromised: The imperative of securing drone networks
As technology advances, so do the capabilities of malicious nation-state actors seeking to exploit weaknesses in network defenses.
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Israel shifts back to the Apache as UAV switch fails
The IAF has equipped its Apache helicopter fleet with Rafael’s Spike NLOS missile.
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Pentagon space strategy stresses need to protect commercial satellites
The Space Force, set to release its own commercial strategy in the coming days, has upped its engagement with industry in recent years.
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To reinvent itself, the US Air Force must go big on small drones
Small drones, employed in large quantities, can provide staying power in an ephemeral warfighting domain, analysts argue.