“We believe LEO satellites are important to the Army,” says retired Maj. Gen. John Ferrari, who was recently the Army’s director of program analysis and evaluation. WASHINGTON — An experimental Army satellite in recent deployments beamed images from low Earth orbit to commanders on the ground. It gave the service […]
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This article was first published in the SN Military.Space newsletter. If you would like to get our news and insights for national security space professionals every Tuesday, sign up here for your free subscription. Industry watchers were surprised last month when the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command announced […]
Army Secretary Mark Esper: “There are ongoing discussions on how the Army would support the Space Force.” WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Mark Esper said no decisions have yet been made on what parts of the Army would move to a Space Force if the new service were created. “There are […]
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York Space Systems, a Denver startup preparing to mass manufacture small satellites, has completed a key technical review, clearing the way for the November launch of its Harbinger mission. After passing its critical design review, where representatives of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Systems Defense Command and other government […]
The Army experiment is being watched by the small satellite industry as a bellwether of where the military might be headed with this technology. WASHINGTON — How valuable is it for troops in the field to have their own dedicated source of satellite imagery and other space-based intelligence? That is […]
The Army’s Kestrel Eye microsatellite holds the promise of providing tactical imagery to soldiers on the ground. WASHINGTON — It’s been years in the making. A very small, low cost, visible imagery satellite that soldiers in the field will be able to control, giving them access to real-time intelligence. The […]