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  • See Something, Say Something – What to Look For

    Most insider threats exhibit risky behavior prior to committing negative workplace events. Not all these risk indicators will be evident in every insider threat, and not everyone who exhibits these behaviors is doing something wrong. However, most insider threats have displayed at least some of the

  • Beyond ‘See Something, Say Something’

    You’ve seen something, noticed a pattern that doesn’t seem right – but what should you do? Is it such a big deal? Maybe your colleague is navigating a health issue or trying to develop their career by learning more. What if you’re wrong? But what if you’re right?

  • New Innovations in Military SATCOM Discussed at SSC Reverse Industry Day

    Space industry professionals talked about the latest innovations in satellite broadband networks with U.S. Space Force (USSF) officials at Space Systems Command’s (SSC) MILSATCOM Reverse Industry Day September 4-5, 2024. More than 150 professionals attended the two-day event, which featured a

  • Focused on the Threat: Orbital Attacks (Part 6 of 6)

    When man first walked on the moon, space was a new frontier dedicated to exploration. Today, pacing challengers are fielding sophisticated weapons that can disrupt or disable the space capabilities we rely on for national security. One such man-made threat is the deployment of orbital attacks. An

  • Focused on the Threat: High-Altitude Nuclear Detonation (Part 5 of 6)

    Could an adversary launch a nuclear weapon and detonate it at a high altitude, creating a radiation burst that destroys all the satellites in its wake? Deterring catastrophic threats like these are why the U.S. Space Force was created five years ago and is the subject of part five in our six-part

  • Focused on the Threat: Kinetic Energy Weapons (Part 4 of 6)

    In today’s congested and contested space domain, space threats are no longer science fiction:  they are science fact. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the U.S. Space Force, we examine the top threats to U.S. interests in, from and to space. Part four of this six-part series focuses on kinetic

  • Space Force awards four 'Quick Start' Resilient GPS agreements

    The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded four agreements to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation one of the Resilient Global Positioning System program.

  • Focused on the Threat: Directed Energy Weapons (Part 3 of 6)

    Once upon a time it was the stuff of science fiction: lasers in space so powerful they could blind satellites sending GPS and other signals to earth. Today, directed energy weapons are very real and can be used to damage and degrade equipment and signals. They might take the form of a ground-based


 

 

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