DefenceTalkThe German government has allocated 400 million euros ($465 million) to fund the construction of up to three spy satellites for the country’s foreign intelligence service, the BND. This has been reported by a consortium of newspapers and is part of a general trend within Germany of increasing surveillance and surveillance capabilities. It is expected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-intelligence-agency-gets-spy-satellite-system-funds-70750/

DefenceTalkThe Lockheed Martin-built SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite will provide enhanced missile warning and defense for the U.S. Air Force After a successful evening launch, the third U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is now responding to commands as planned, approximately 37 minutes after lift-off. Built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sbirs-missile-warning-satellite-responding-to-ground-control-68882/

DefenceTalkThe Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to launch the Kirameki-2 satellite that will be one of three military satellites, which will replace the civil analogues that are currently used for communication between Japan’s military units.TOKYO (Sputnik) – The Japanese Ministry of Defense plans to launch its first satellite into orbit on January 24, 2017, to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-launch-first-military-communications-satellite-on-january-24-68627/

DefenceTalkAmbitious projects such as satellites that could bring the internet to the remote Amazon and construction of Brazil’s first nuclear submarine will proceed despite a deep economic downturn, the defense minister told AFP. Raul Jungmann said he will be in France this Thursday to take delivery of the first of three communications and defense satellites […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-pursue-satellite-nuclear-submarine-projects-minister-68611/

DefenceTalkChina’s homegrown navigation system, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), will provide continuous, stable and reliable open services to users “free of charge”, said a government report on Thursday. Currently, B1I and B2I open service signals are being broadcast by the operating BDS-2 to provide open services to the Asia-Pacific region free of charge, said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-promises-gps-system-thats-reliable-safe-and-free-67738/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite launched at 10:30 a.m. EDT, June 24, from Space Launch Complex 41 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in the 551 launch vehicle configuration. MUOS-5 is an on-orbit spare and the final satellite in the five-satellite MUOS constellation. The satellite is successfully responding to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navys-final-satellite-in-muos-constellation-launches-successfully-67726/

DefenceTalkIf you thought surveillance drones were unnerving, a French-Italian aerospace company is now producing an unmanned blimp to monitor the ground from space. One good thing can be said for government-operated spy UAVs: they have to land occasionally. But Thales Alenia Space, an aerospace manufacturer, is hoping to take the utility of a Predator drone […]https://www.defencetalk.com/stratobus-the-spy-blimp-satellite-of-the-future-used-for-snooping-67516/

DefenceTalkRussia’s advanced self-propelled howitzer, the Koalitsiya-SV, is capable of firing high-precision shells, which are navigated using a GLONASS module, according to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Russia’s state-of-the-art Koalitsiya-SV 2S35 self-propelled howitzer will be equipped with high-precision projectiles that will be navigated via the GLONASS satellite system, the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted Russian Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/advanced-self-propelled-russian-gun-gets-satellite-navigated-shells-67328/

DefenceTalkSpaceX’s unmanned Falcon 9 rocket broke apart Sunday as it tried to land on a floating platform in the Pacific, marking the fourth such failure in the company’s bid to recycle rockets. However, the primary mission of the launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California went as planned, propelling into orbit a $180 million […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spacex-fails-to-stick-ocean-landing-after-satellite-launch-66388/

DefenceTalkChina last month conducted a test of a new missile capable of taking out US satellites as a part of Beijing’s growing arsenal in space warfare. The test of a Dong Neng-3 exoatmospheric vehicle took place on October 30, and was conducted from the Korla Missile Test Complex in western China, according to two defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-latest-missile-test-a-threat-to-us-satellites-65801/