• Naval Warfare

  Waning buying power hits USN plans, CNO warns

  21st July 2021

  ADM Michael Gilday warns about the effects of constrained funding on vital USN capabilities, as the service strives to fulfil plans to sustain a fleet of 355 vessels.

• Digital Battlespace

  US strives to address space cyber challenge

  9th June 2021

  Securing space assets from direct attack or hacking is an ever more important task — but is it impossible?

• Digital Battlespace

  Space Force prepares to launch fifth GPS III satellite

  26th April 2021

  GPS III SV05 will be horizontally integrated with the first-ever SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle to be reflown for a National Security Space Launch mission.

• Digital Battlespace

  Operational doctrine evolves for military space sector

  4th May 2021

  Why has the space domain become so important and moved up the defence agenda?

• Defence Notes

  Space Force awards NSSL task orders

  10th March 2021

  Four launches to be conducted by SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.

• Air Warfare

  ARRW to undergo long-awaited first booster test

  8th March 2021

  After repeated false starts, first test flight of AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon is scheduled for this month.

• Digital Battlespace

  Space Development Agency confirms Tracking Layer providers

  8th January 2021

  ​SpaceX and L3Harris to develop satellites for system to provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

• Defence Notes

  US picks SpaceX and ULA for NSSL Phase 2

  10th August 2020

  United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX rockets will be used to launch US Space Force payloads under National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2, the DoD announced …

• Digital Battlespace

  Airbus ships ROK ANASIS-II satellite to US

  12th June 2020

  Airbus confirmed on 10 June that it has shipped its ANASIS-II telecommunications satellite (pictured) to Cape Canaveral, Florida ahead of its planned launch. It was …

• Digital Battlespace

  DSEI 2019: Commercial space innovation presents military challenges

  11th September 2019

  The most innovative communications and military computing equipment now comes from the commercial sector, rather than military R&D; labs, Dr Stuart Eves, Consultant and Director at …

• Digital Battlespace

  SpaceX launches final ten satellites for Iridium

  11th January 2019

  SpaceX on Friday blasted off a payload of global communications satellites for Iridium, marking the first launch of 2019 for the California-based company headed by …

• Digital Battlespace

  DARPA receives first SeeMe satellite

  5th October 2018

  Raytheon has delivered the first Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) satellite to DARPA, the company announced on 3 October. The new satellite will …

• Digital Battlespace

  Space clean-up efforts intensify

  27th April 2018

  A wide range of experimental technologies and regulations aimed at tackling the increasing threat posed to critical satellites by thousands of pieces of debris orbiting …

• Defence Notes

  Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at ISS

  4th April 2018

  SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived on 4 April at the International Space Station (ISS), packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts …

• Digital Battlespace

  NASA advances search for extraterrestrial life

  16th April 2018

  NASA's new planet-hunting mission, poised to launch 16 April, aims to advance the search for extraterrestrial life by scanning the skies for nearby, Earth-like planets. …

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

• Data links, UAS: communication systems

  StarLink

  StarLink is a point-to-point, full-duplex, digital data link system designed for use with medium-sized and mini UAVs. It provides simultaneous transmission of C2 signals and ...