DefenceTalkNorth Korea said it had carried out a test of “great significance” for developing a reconnaissance satellite, state media reported Monday, a day after Seoul said it had detected a ballistic missile launch. Despite sweeping international sanctions, Pyongyang carried out a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests in January before pausing launches during the Beijing Winter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-hails-significant-test-in-satellite-development-78148/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is actively collaborating with Microsoft on 5G.MIL® solutions to rapidly advance reliable connections for U.S. Department of Defense systems capable of spanning air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. Through a new corporate agreement, the two companies will test how to effectively expand and manage 5G networking technology for Joint-All Domain […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-advance-5g-mil-technologies-using-microsoft-azure-78161/

DefenceTalkNATO is activating its “defence plans” for allied countries as Russia attacks non-NATO member Ukraine, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told a media conference on Thursday. Stoltenberg also confirmed that NATO will hold a video summit on Friday to discuss the Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. And he reiterated that NATO had no “plans” to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-activating-defence-plans-for-allies-as-russia-invades-ukraine-78061/

DefenceTalkChina has stated the United States is in no position to unilaterally set thresholds for emergency collision after the US rejected the charge its Starlink satellites endangered China’s space station. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing on Thursday, saying such rhetoric by the US did not show a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-hits-back-at-us-after-satellite-near-misses-77935/

DefenceTalkUp to 40 SpaceX high-speed internet satellites have been knocked out of orbit by a geomagnetic storm shortly after launch, but pose little threat to Earth as they burn up in the atmosphere, the company said. Geomagnetic storms are caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in disturbances to the Earth’s upper […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dozens-of-spacex-internet-satellites-lost-to-geomagnetic-storm-77887/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program to develop a prototype artificial intelligence (AI) assistant. The prototype will be embedded in an augmented reality (AR) headset to help rotary pilots perform expected and unexpected tasks. Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-to-develop-prototype-artificial-intelligence-assistant-77807/

DefenceTalkSwarms of hundreds or thousands of small satellites are increasingly used for bringing data and internet services to Earth. To position, communicate and dispose such large amounts of satellites, Artificial Intelligence is getting increasingly important. To enable a large-scale use of Artificial Intelligence in orbit, RUAG Space, Europe’s leading supplier to the space industry, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/enabling-artificial-intelligence-on-satellites-77774/

DefenceTalkDARPA has selected 10 industry and university research teams for the Enhanced Night Vision in Eyeglass Form (ENVision) program. Current night vision (NV) systems are bulky and heavy, resulting in a significant torque on the wearer’s neck. This torque greatly limits the wearer’s agility and often leads to chronic injury over prolonged use. Additionally, existing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/darpa-selects-teams-to-develop-lightweight-enhanced-night-vision-goggles-77670/

DefenceTalkThe James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its tennis-court sized sunshield Tuesday, a critical milestone for the success of its mission to study every phase of cosmic history, NASA said. “All five layers of the sunshield are fully tensioned,” said an announcer at the observatory’s control center in Baltimore, where team members cheered, a live […]https://www.defencetalk.com/webb-telescope-fully-deploys-sunshield-in-mission-milestone-77615/

DefenceTalkResearchers, roboticists, and technologists deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to test mission capabilities in the final field experiment (FX-6) of DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program at the Cassidy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) in Fort Campbell, Tennessee. Since the program kicked off in 2017, OFFSET has held six field experiments […]https://www.defencetalk.com/offset-swarms-take-flight-in-final-field-experiment-77567/