DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump has announced sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media giants TikTok and WeChat, his latest explosive move aimed at countering China’s rising global power. Trump on Thursday signed executive orders giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with the Chinese platforms, effectively setting a deadline for a potential pressured sale of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-order-targets-chinese-internet-giants-tiktok-wechat-76140/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkPresident Xi Jinping announced on Friday that China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been completed and has started providing full-scale global services that day. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, declared the commissioning of the global navigation and positioning system’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/xi-unveils-beidou-full-scale-coverage-76119/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina accused the United States on Tuesday of “outright bullying” over popular video app TikTok, after President Donald Trump ramped up pressure for its US operations to be sold to an American company. “This goes against the principles of the market economy and the (World Trade Organisation’s) principles of openness, transparency and non-discrimination,” said foreign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-accuses-us-of-outright-bullying-over-tiktok-76116/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe 2020 State of the Space Industrial Base Workshop held in May brought together more than 120 space leaders from across the federal government, industry, and academia to assess the current health of the space industry and to provide recommendations for strengthening that industrial base. The State of the Space Industrial Base 2020 report was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/state-of-the-space-industrial-base-2020-report-76085/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkChina’s surveying and mapping capabilities will be further boosted with one more high-resolution mapping satellite launched on Saturday. The Ziyuan III 03 satellite was sent into orbit by a Long March-4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. It will provide data for the country’s land resources investigation, natural disaster […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-newly-launched-satellite-to-boost-surveying-mapping-capabilities-76064/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe United States this week accused Russia of having tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, a charge Moscow has denied, saying the device was a “special instrument” for inspecting orbiting Russian equipment. Whatever it was, the incident marks for Washington a rare military escalation in space. The ability of one satellite to attack another was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mystery-russian-projectile-raises-fears-of-arms-race-in-space-76051/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe United States has accused Russia of conducting the test of an anti-satellite weapon in space that Washington fears could be used to threaten critical U.S. and allied satellites. The Russian Defense Ministry said that a small space vehicle on July 15 inspected one of its satellites up close “using special equipment.” However, the United […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-russia-tested-anti-satellite-weapon-in-space-76019/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkThe Intelligence Knowledge Environment is a framework of modular data and artificial intelligence analytic capabilities built to autonomously transform information into knowledge The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems an initial order under its Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Capability Drop 2 Program. The multiple award, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity contract is worth up to $823 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-awards-distributed-common-ground-system-capability-drop-2-76012/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkOne of the Defense Department’s top priorities is developing hypersonic weapons capability, a particularly important goal, considering recent developments in this area by near-peer competitors China and Russia, the assistant director for hypersonics from the office of the undersecretary for research and engineering said. Mike White, who spoke at the Institute for Defense and Government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-dod-on-aggressive-track-with-hypersonic-weapons-development-76000/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkSouth Korea’s first-ever military communications satellite has been successfully launched by private operator SpaceX, Seoul said Tuesday, as it looks to build up its defense capabilities. The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South’s ability to defend itself against the nuclear-armed North, which invaded in 1950. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite blasted off […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-koreas-first-military-satellite-launched-75946/