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📶 “Golden Dome” Initiative Sparks Telecom Spectrum Battle

A Pentagon-backed “Golden Dome” initiative to expand national defense telecom access has drawn concern from private industry

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Dallas Hartley
May 13, 2025

📬 In Today’s Defense Brief

🛰️ Sierra Space to Build New GPS Navigation Payload for U.S. Space Force LINK

🛡️ Navy Enhances Carrier Defenses with Expendable Loitering Interceptors LINK

📡 DIU’s Hybrid Space Network Demonstrates Commercial Space Comms Integration LINK

✈️ Air Force Wants Reapers to Fire Cruise Missiles LINK

📶 “Golden Dome” Initiative Sparks Telecom Spectrum Battle LINK

🎱 Plus 10 other news stories you may like

📰 Full Breakdown

🛰️ Sierra Space to Build New GPS Navigation Payload for U.S. Space Force LINK

  • Sierra Space has been selected to develop an advanced navigation payload prototype for future GPS satellites.

  • The project aims to deliver improved positioning accuracy and anti-jamming capabilities for U.S. military users.

  • It marks the company’s entry into military satellite navigation systems, working under a $740,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force.

  • The U.S. Navy is deploying new expendable loitering interceptors to bolster the layered defense of its aircraft carriers.

  • These low-cost munitions are designed to remain airborne before engaging incoming threats like cruise missiles or drones.

  • The system aims to provide a scalable, responsive buffer zone for carrier strike groups.

📡 DIU’s Hybrid Space Network Demonstrates Commercial Space Comms Integration LINK

  • The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) successfully tested a hybrid space network that leverages commercial satellites and ground assets.

  • The demo showed how DoD users could switch between secure comms channels using off-the-shelf tech.

  • The project aims to increase resiliency and reduce latency in contested space communication environments.

✈️ Air Force Wants Reapers to Fire Cruise Missiles LINK

  • Air Force Special Operations Command is exploring the ability to launch cruise missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones.

  • The concept would give unmanned aircraft expanded strike roles in highly contested environments.

  • Officials noted the effort is part of broader plans to transform how the Air Force uses legacy platforms.

📶 “Golden Dome” Initiative Sparks Telecom Spectrum Battle LINK

  • A Pentagon-backed “Golden Dome” initiative to expand national defense telecom access has drawn concern from private industry.

  • Defense officials want to secure more mid-band spectrum for secure military communications and infrastructure resilience.

  • Telecom firms warn the plan could disrupt commercial 5G investments and prompt regulatory conflict over frequency allocation.

🌏 Other Important News

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  • 31st MEU and America ARG Prepare for Western Pacific Deployment LINK

  • AIM-174B Air-to-Air Missile Spotted in Japan LINK

  • U.S. Army Deactivates Sole Information Operations Command LINK

  • Army Taps New Tech to Sustain Dispersed Units LINK

  • 173rd Airborne Launches FPV Drone Lab Initiative LINK

  • Marine Corps Deploys F-35s to Iwakuni, Japan LINK

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  • US-China Tariff Pause Viewed Cautiously by Defense Analysts LINK

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