Author: Matthew Beinart
August 25, 2023
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an investigation into the Biden administration’s decision to keep U.S. Space Command headquartered in Colorado. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., the HASC chair, sent a letter to the head of GAO on Wednesday, Aug. 23 requesting the…
August 2, 2023
U.S. Space Command is set to achieve full operational capability (FOC) this month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, confirmed the FOC milestone update, which arrives after the Biden administration announced its decision on Monday to locate Space Command’s permanent headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “So…
September 9, 2021
The push to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in military satellite systems in the coming years will require greater use of commercial advancements in data management and intelligent routing solutions, a panel of experts said Thursday. Dr. Santanu Das, the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) program manager for Communications and Networking, told…
June 23, 2021
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday would hold Ligado Networks responsible for costs to mitigate all potential GPS interference, not just that associated with government systems, as a result of the company’s plan to build a new commercial L-band network for 5G infrastructure. Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican…