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The age of hypersonic weapons is here, threatening our way of life. To stay ahead of emerging risks, Space Systems President Kelle Wendling believes the space and defense communities need to go farther, faster. “The government and our industry must embrace tighter collaboration, faster decision-making and continual innovation to provide warfighters with new capabilities on timelines relevant to national defense.” Read more from Forbes: https://bit.ly/3UZd6z7

#ICMYI United States Space Force's Position Navigation and Timing Provisional Delta officially redesignated as Mission Delta 31, the first integrated mission delta, which merges operational activities with sustainment capabilities, and integrates intelligence support directly to the unit.   "This represents the change in warfighter mindset. We provide a critical capability called navigation warfare, where we deliver PNT through a contested environment and operate through almost any threat,” said Gen. David N. Miller Jr., commander of Space Operations Command. “Many people think it's just precision guided munitions. It is the timing signal associated with our coding schemes. It is the security upon which our baseline defenses depend. Many things depend on a signal from GPS, and all of it starts with Mission Delta 31.”    Read more: https://lnkd.in/gdM-fzu7

Integrated mission deltas are a crucial next step in the evolution of the U.S. Space Force as they aim to streamline operations, enhance combat readiness, and improve the overall effectiveness of space operations. By consolidating functions such as intelligence, operations, and sustainment under a single command structure, integrated mission deltas promote more efficient decision-making and coordination. This approach is intended to optimize the use of space-based assets, reduce duplication of effort, and enable a faster, more agile response to threats in space.

“By 2027, USSPACECOM conducts dynamic, partnered, and integrated space operations and transregional missile defense support to enable Joint Force lethality and effectiveness while protecting it from space-enabled attack, extending our advantage over competitors, and successfully operating in the face of the threats arrayed against us through all levels of conflict to deter aggression and defeat adversaries.” https://lnkd.in/emWPKNv5

U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Operations Command have transitioned two additional Space Deltas to fully-integrated Mission Deltas under the Unified Mission Readiness concept, marked by ceremonies Oct. 30-31, 2024. Mission Deltas oversee all aspects of mission area functions – people, training, equipment and combat sustainment. The Mission Delta construct is intended to garner the benefits that arise when operations, sustainment, and capability development are in sync. Read the full story in the link below #USSpaceForce #SemperSupra #USSF5 #BuildOnAndBuildOut

The culmination of many preceding exercises and experiments, Project Convergence Capstone 4 is a joint and multinational event providing a critical venue to transform and ensure future war-fighting readiness. https://lnkd.in/dMUD6Ge7

From a historical perspective, we are again where the whole of US wins or loses, together. That means businesses will win (make profit) together by sharing data, interfaces, and information, or they’ll lose (money) and the country as a whole will lose our global influence. How does industry work together? How does the USG encourage (and demand) collaboration?

While new technologies can take time and funds to develop, advancing hypersonic threats don’t wait. We’re answering the call to protect and defend life as we know it by rapidly delivering resilient, integrated, space-based missile warning, tracking and defense capabilities. Learn how the Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency and Space Systems Command are using our technology to outpace the threat in space: https://bit.ly/3XPo0u4 #AFANational

Spaceport needs increase- In the House Armed Services Committee's draft fiscal 2025 defense policy bill, concerns were raised about the increased launch demands on the two main spaceports - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida (Space Florida) and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. United States Space Force is exploring options to increase the number of launches its existing ranges can support through an initiative called Spaceport of the Future. The bill lists potential alternative sites (and GSA members), including Virginia Spaceport Authority's Wallops Island in Virginia, Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska, and the only U.S. inland vertical launch facility - Spaceport America in New Mexico. 👉 Read the article at https://lnkd.in/eYRSJUiC Image- © Provided by Defense News