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Startups Hope To Transform Aerospace and Transportation Capabilities

Inventors are developing emerging launch platforms, power sources for space, autonomous aircraft and other aerospace solutions.

The new technology from Veracity Protocol, called Physical Code, provides authentication of a physical object, based on the object's material structure using a cellphone camera. "It is a new standard of trust for physical objects," says the company's founder Jakub Krcmar.

LinQuest Supports Continued Development of Space Command

LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, California, has been awarded

Under SBIR Award, Monkton Will Assist Space Force with Mobile Strategy

Monkton Inc., Vienna, Virginia, has been awarded a $500,0

Wideband Steps Up to Fill the Gap

4G high frequency radios supplement satellite communications.

Cpl. Jacob Worshan, USMC, holds an antenna during a long distance, high frequency communications training event held on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. This training between 1st and 3rd Marine Division helps the units maintain a low electromagnetic signature that is virtually impervious to jamming and interference, which allows for distributed operations without detection in the operating environment. Photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers, USMC

CACI is Providing C5ISR and SATCOM Support to the Military

CACI Inc.

Crisis Pending in Military Satellite Communications

The U.S. Defense Department must make tough decisions to ensure uninterrupted connections.

Sgt. April Vance, USMC, a field radio operator with Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, adjusts the communications network during a field training exercise at Camp Pendleton, California. Field radio operators employ a range of frequencies to establish communications, including ultrahigh frequencies, upper-very-high frequencies and high frequencies. U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Rubin J. Tan, USMC

Space Warfare Requires Different Thinking

Out of sight can never be out of mind when fighting in the beyond line-of-sight domain.

Squadron Leader Jamiee Maika, Royal Australian Air Force, observes operations at the Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This multinational space force includes a strategic defense partnership between the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Additional nations collaborating on space operations with the center include Germany, France and New Zealand. U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong

Space Operations Command Takes Over AEHF-5 Satellite

The move reflects the Space Force’s growing role.

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s fifth Advanced Extreme High Frequency satellite, AEHF-5, in the faring of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle, launches last August at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The center has moved control of the satellite to the new Space Operations Command. Credit: SMC

Bringing Cyber into Space

U.S. Space Command lays out its approach to defensive and offensive cyber capabilities.

“Defensive cyber operations will be our number one priority,” says Brig. Gen. Joseph Matos, USMC, J-6, U.S. Space Command, speaking of the command’s vital role in defending U.S. space-based assets and operations.

High Frequency Communications Features Highs and Lows

If satellite links go down, HF radios can take up the slack.

Staff Sgt. David Nelson, USA, a signal support systems specialist assigned to 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade in support of Resolute Castle 2018, explains near vertical incidence skywave antenna theory to members of Company B, 151st Expeditionary Signal Battalion during a high frequency radio class. Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Kimberly D. Calkins, ANG