Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

USA/Defense/China – Congressional Report Could Be Major Step To Strengthen US Defense Supply Chain (Breaking Defense)

BRAD D. WILLIAMS writes: A bipartisan congressional task force has concluded that China used the COVID-19 pandemic to target parts of America’s defense and health-care...

USA/Defense – It’s Time For A National Maritime Strategy (Breaking Defense)

TIMOTHY A. WALTON and BRYAN CLARK write: This week’s Sea-Air-Space conference highlighted the challenges facing America’s sea services, from tightening budgets to a resurgent China. But...

Space/Defense – DIU’s Butow Pushes Space Force Case On ‘Tactical ISR’ Mission (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: Defense Department space leaders are pressing their case for the Space Force to take on responsibility for buying commercial satellite imagery and...

USA/Defense – Boeing Eyeing How MQ-25 Can Talk To Pilots When The Carrier Cannot (Breaking Defense)

JUSTIN KATZ writes: In April, Boeing quietly hosted dozens of Navy officials for a demonstration of how its MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler could operate in a...

USA/Defense/Cyber – Which Systems Can Be Improved With Better UX? All Of them (Breaking Defense)

BARRY ROSENBERG writes: Visual Logic provides human-centered design consulting, better known as user experience (UX), for DoD contractors who are modernizing software applications, building...

USA/Defense – Navy Says Constellation Hull Change Won’t Affect Internal Design (Breaking Defense)

JUSTIN KATZ writes for Breaking Defense: The Navy has chosen to elongate and widen the hull of its next-generation Constellation-class frigate relative to the...

USA/Defense – BAE Cuts Operating Costs Of F-35 EW System By 50 Percent (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: BAE Systems has nabbed a $93 million, five-year contract from F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin to provide sustainment support for the...

USA/Defense – Production Delays For Boeing’s MH-139A: Air Force (Breaking Defense)

COLIN CLARK writes: The Grey Wolf helicopter needs some design changes before it can achieve Federal Aviation Administration certification, which will delay the helicopter’s progress to...

USA/Defense/Space – SPACECOM Head Touts Space, High Seas Parallels (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: Space, including cislunar space, is as strategically important as the high seas, and Space Command has much to learn from naval operations over...

Satellites/Forests – Satellites reveal how forests increase cloud and cool climate (ESA)

ESA writes: Forests are not only key to moderating our climate by sequestering atmospheric carbon, but they also create a cooling effect by increasing...

USA/Defense/China – To Counter China, The Navy Should Retake the High Ground (Breaking Defense)

Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton write: This week’s SeaAirSpace convention comes at a challenging time for the US Navy, which faces criticism about everything...

USA/Defense – Top Navy Aviator Says CNO’s Industry Warning Based On Future Threats (Breaking Defense)

JUSTIN KATZ writes: On Monday, the Navy’s top officer stood in front of an industry-heavy conference and took a direct potshot at the defense...

USA/Defense – APKWS Upgrade Extends Range By 30 Percent: BAE (Breaking Defense)

AARON MEHTA writes: BAE Systems has rolled out an upgrade for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) rocket guidance kit that the company...

USA/Defense/Naval Warfare – Delayed Navy Torpedo Competition Set For Later This Year

JUSTIN KATZ writes: After a congressional budget cut forced a schedule day, Northrop Grumman says it expects a Navy solicitation for a new torpedo will...

Defense – Distributed Maritime Operations: Making Ships, Subs, And Platforms Nodes On A Network (Breaking Defense)

  BARRY ROSENBERG writes: In this Q&A with Kim Ernzen, vice president of Naval Power at Raytheon, we discuss systems that enable DMO such as...

Cybersecurity/USA – Not a single federal agency received an ‘A’ in a new Senate cybersecurity report card (Popular Science)

CHARLOTTE HU writes: On Tuesday, members from the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a bipartisan report that states that seven...