The U.S. Department of Defense is on track to award its pivotal Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract by the end of the year, after missing a previous deadline, a Pentagon official said.
Pentagon on track for $9 billion contract award after abandoning JEDI
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SpaceX Starlink satellites twice came too close, China tells UN chief
SpaceX Starlink satellites twice came too close, China tells UN chief
H/T: China Space Station conducted evasive manoeuvres to avoid collisions with Elon Musk’s Starlink statelites (archived)
What they leave out:
The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise
SpaceX Starlink Impresses Air Force Weapons Buyer In Big Live-Fire Exercise
SpaceX Exec Says Company Would Launch A Weapon Into Space In ‘Defense Of This Country’
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform
A primary concern of the Pentagon is to maintain technological superiority over international rivals such as Russia and China. According to Peter Asaro, a professor at the New School in New York and a cofounder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, “The advanced militaries are pushing the envelope of these technologies. They will proliferate rapidly.”
Countering the “China Threat” – At What Price?
In early June 2021, in a classified directive to Pentagon officials, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin slammed the former Trump administration for talking big but never taking action to counter “the China threat.”
Countering the “China Threat” – At What Price?
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