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Theresa Hitchens on May 12, 2021 at 12:28 PM
JSTARS
WASHINGTON: Space Force chief Gen. Jay Raymond today revealed a previously classified program to develop radar satellites capable of tracking moving ground targets a harbinger of the service’s nascent plan to take on the job of procuring space-based ISR for the other services.
Raymond told the annual McAleese conference that Space Force is “building GMTI [Ground Moving Target Indicator] from space” as part of its ISR push, saying that program is representative of the fact that the service is “actively working to be able to provide that capability.”
Public disclosure of the program’s existence “is a recent example of the concerted effort to declassify information regarding space capabilities in support of greater transparency in the space domain,” Col. Catie Hague, Space Force spokesperson, told us in an email.
A U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System flies over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Dec. 14, 2020. The Space Force is now taking on the JSTARS mission of providing ground surveillance, but will do it with a space-based system. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET.
email Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission
Ground Moving Target Indicator satellites would begin to replace decades-old aircraft as the newest service expands its mission set. May 12, 2021
A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could keep providing a clear picture of ground movement when the fleet of outfitted Boeing 707s encounters a highly contested environment. The Space Force has now taken on that challenge.
U.S. Approves $1.6 Billion Weapons-Ready MQ-9B Drone Sale to Australia Our Bureau 417
MQ-9B Armed-Reconnaissance drone for Australia
The U.S. has approved a possible sale to Australia of Armed-Reconnaissance MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.651 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Friday delivered certification notifying Congress of the proposed sale.
The Government of Australia has requested to buy up to 12 Weapons-Ready MQ-9B RPA ; 15 Raytheon Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems-D, EO/IR sensors; 16 Lynx AN/APY-8 Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) with Ground Moving Target Indicator; 15 RIOTM Communication Intelligence Systems; 36 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigations Systems (EGI) with Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Modules (SAASMs), a DSCA release said.
The Air Force Knows Why the F-35 Stealth Fighter Will Own the Skies
The Air Force is becoming increasingly confident that the F-35 could destroy Russian and Chinese 5th-generation stealth fighters in combat.
Here s What You Need To Remember: This can be explained in terms of a well-known Air Force strategic concept pioneered years ago by air theorist and pilot Col. John Boyd, referred to as the OODA Loop, - for observe, orient, decide and act. The concept is to complete this process quickly and make fast decisions while in an air-to-air dogfight in order to get inside the enemy s decision cycle, properly anticipate, and destroy an enemy before they can destroy you.
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