AURORA, Colo. — The number of military satellites in orbit is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years, and the Space Force is creating a plan to expand its new cloud-based ground control segment for orbital warfare sats.
In 2023, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office — a semi-autonomous acquisition organization dedicated to quickly delivering critical technologies to the Space Force — initiated yet another attempt to modernize its ground systems used to manage and reposition satellites on orbit when it launched the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) program.
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We asked the Army for a photo of the soldier for whom Fort Benning, Georgia, is now named. But the service didn’t have one. So we found this one.
That photo of former Army Cpl. Fred Benning is currently on display in the hallway of the town hall in Neligh, Nebraska, a farming town about two hours west of Omaha. Benning was the town’s mayor from 1948 to 1952, thirty years after he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I, and his photo is kept in a display case with other mayors from the time.
Last week, a meeting with President Zelensky of Ukraine at the White House exploded into acrimony in front of the cameras. Since then, an era-defining drama has been unfolding across the West as Europe prepares for a world where it might not be backed by U.S. military power. U.S. military aid and at least some intelligence support for Ukraine have also been suspended. What happened? And what happens next? To answer these questions, Ryan was joined by Constanze Stelzenmüller (Brookings), Melinda Haring (Razom), Justin Logan (Cato), and Michael Kofman (Carnegie).
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia Over the last two weeks, Russia has observed the shift in U.S. foreign policy with delight. As the United States and Ukraine discussed a deal for U.S.
You’ve heard of snakes on a plane. Here’s a Hawk on a train.
An HH-60M helicopter crew from the Alaska Army National Guard pulled off an aerial balancing act during a special operations medical exercise late last month. With a tricky two-wheeled landing on a train’s flatbed car, the crew delivered supplies to a train and picked up a simulated patient.
The British Army will house up to 900 ground vehicles inside a new CHE storage facility at the redeveloped MoD Ashchurch site.
Harold Arthur Fritz commissioned as an Armor Second Lieutenant through OCS in 1967. While serving as a Platoon Leader in Troop A, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, then-First Lieutenant Fritz earned the Medal of Honor for actions near Quan Loi in Vietnam.
Binh Long Province, Vietnam
Fritz as a captain (Congressional Medal of Honor Society)
On January 11, 1969, Fritz led a seven-vehicle armored column on Highway 13 to rendezvous with and escort a truck convoy. Fritz’s column was engaged from multiple directions by a reinforced enemy company in prepared ambush positions.
The Army’s top enlisted leader announced Thursday that he would be pulling down his individual social media presence and “going all in” on the Army’s pages.
“It’s not about the name tape. It’s not about SMA Weimer. It’s not about the individual. It’s all about the Army,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer said in a video posted to X on Thursday. “We’re going all in on the Army’s social media pages. Everything that this office does is in support of the Army, and the way we communicate should reflect that.”
Weimer’s spokesperson, Master Sgt.
The Pentagon has initiated a review of its contracting enterprise in pursuit of DOGE cost-cutting efforts, according to a new memo.
The move follows an executive order issued last week by President Donald Trump, which aims for “a transformation in Federal spending on contracts, grants, and loans to ensure Government spending is transparent and Government employees are accountable to the American public,” according to the EO.
The US Army’s CRREL has added a Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) to its equipment roster.