The British House of Commons Defence Committee recently published its newest report: “Defence Space: Through Adversity to the Stars?”. In short, the committee was not very pleased with the Ministry… Continue reading "UK Parliament Committee Publishes Highly Critical Report on British Space Defense"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including Australian P-8 interception,… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (6-10 June)"
BAE Systems unveiled its newest M-Code GPS receiver for guided weapons and other “small applications” at the Joint Navigation Conference in San Diego. The Strategic Anti-jam Beamforming Receiver – M-Code… Continue reading "BAE Systems Debuts Jamming-Resistant Guided Weapon GPS Receiver"
Time synchronization has become critical to just about every aspect of modern military operations. Everything from high-tech missiles and sensors to artillery depends on accurate calculations down to the nearest… Continue reading "DARPA Program Seeks to Enable Precise Time Synchronization Without GPS"
The United States Space Force (USSF) has awarded BAE a $247 million contract to design and manufacture a next-generation military Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for the organization. The new… Continue reading "BAE Awarded Contract to Provide Space Force with M-Code GPS"
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) a letter urging FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to reject a proposal by Ligado Networks to open the radio frequencies between… Continue reading "U.S. Department of Defense Objects to 5G Spectrum Proposal"
The US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment have fitted the first 62 examples of the Mounted Assured Precision Navigation & Timing System (MAPS) anti-jam devices to their M1126 Stryker infantry carrier… Continue reading "Jam resistant GPS fitted to Strykers in Germany"