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Air Force

Space Challenges Changing, So Is Strategy, DoD Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

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As NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis heads home for its final landing of the 30-year program this week, it’s fitting to consider that space is changing in fundamental ways, the deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy said yesterday. “Space is increasingly congested, contested, and competitive," Amb. Gregory Schulte said at the Defense Writers Group breakfast. It’s congested in terms of debris, he said. U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) tracks more than 22,000 objects, a number only taking into account objects that…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]