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Space Force selects 18 vendors to provide space data analytics and software services

Sandra Erwin
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A member of the 22nd Space Operations Squadron uses software to identify interference to a satellite. Credit: U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command announced March 24 it has selected 18 vendors to provide data analytics and software services to help decision makers analyze information about the space domain.

The companies are Agility Consulting, August Schell Enterprises, Avantus Federal, BAE Systems, Bluestaq, C3 AI, Enlighten IT Consulting, Ernst & Young, Kinetica, MAG Aerospace., Map Large, Meroxa.io, NT Concepts, Oracle America, Palantir, Raft, Royce Geospatial Consultants and World Wide Technology

These vendors will compete for $900 million worth of task orders under an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract over the next five years.

IDIQ is a flexible type of contract that doesn’t require the government to list the exact quantities of the product or services it needs and allows agencies to adjust their requirements over the life of the contract.

This IDIQ contract is in support of the Space C2 (command and control) program that the U.S. Air Force started in 2018 to integrate and analyze space domain awareness data from multiple sources for more accurate and faster monitoring of outer space.

Faster analytics

The Space Systems Command’s Space C2 office for the past two years has been working to transition data stovepipes into a commercial data analytics platform developed by Palantir. 



The platform, named Warp Core, was designed to enable better data sharing. Space Force operators who monitor and track objects in orbit for decades have relied on legacy datasets for information on space objects and manually organize it in Excel spreadsheets. The new data- as-a-service platform automates that entire process. 

✓ Warp Core was activated in October 2021. The vendors under the IDIQ contract will work with the Warp Core platform and provide “capabilities that require the aggregation of massive amounts of data from disparate sources and systems,” said the Space Systems Command.

✓ The Warp Core data platform is part of the ATLAS system, short for Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis. The Space Force is fielding ATLAS, which was developed by L3Harris, to replace the aging SPADOC, or Space Defense Operations Center. This comes after many years of unsuccessful efforts to modernize outdated space tracking and domain awareness systems."

Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...

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Bibi's March 2023 Massacre

 


Mass Israel protests after Netanyahu fires defence minister - BBC News

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2 hours ago · Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister.

Mass protests erupt in Israel after Netanyahu fires minister who opposed judicial overhaul

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19 minutes ago · Protesters clash with the police during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial reform in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 27.

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Israel Engulfed In Protests After Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister Who Criticized Judicial Reform Plan

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister after he criticized Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan.

Summary

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister after he criticized Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan.

  • In the Saturday statement that prompted his dismissal, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant criticized his own government’s plan as a threat to national security. “The deepening split is seeping into the military and security agencies – this is a clear, immediate and real danger to Israel’s security. I will not facilitate this,” Gallant said.
  • The government’s judicial reform plans have led to nationwide protests across Israel. Gallant warned the protests, which have included military reservists, were also affecting the Israeli Defense Forces and undermining morale.
  • Netanyahu fired Gallant in a brief meeting on Sunday where the prime minister informed Gallant that he had lost faith in him as defense minister. The leader of the opposition, Yair Lapid, condemned the firing as a “new low.” Shortly after his dismissal, Gallant tweeted, “The state of Israel’s security has always been and will always be my life’s mission.”
  • Tens of thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Haifa and Jerusalem, where demonstrators gathered outside of Netanyahu’s home. Police clashed with protesters in Jerusalem, where water cannons were employed to subdue the crowds.
  • Netanyahu’s newly elected right-wing coalition government is pushing to limit the power of the Supreme Court to strike down legislation. The plan would also democratize the Supreme Court by granting the Knesset more power to appoint judges. Under the status quo, unelected judges appoint their own members with limited democratic input.

 

reporting from the left side of the aisle

 

  • According to the Guardian, “Netanyahu’s move on Sunday underscored his determination to press on with the overhaul which has also angered business leaders and raised concerns among Israel’s allies. Gallant was the first senior member of the ruling Likud party to speak out against the plan.”
  • CNN reported the Israeli attorney general accused Netanyahu of illegal actions by getting personally involved in the judicial reform proposal. “Last night you publicly announced that you intend to violate the ruling of the Supreme Court and act contrary to the opinion of the legal advisor to the government,” wrote Gali Baharav-Miara on Friday. That statement, she said, “is illegal and contaminated by a conflict of interest.”
  • The New York Times wrote the “civil unrest” in the streets could be bolstered by other institutions in Israeli society. Universities have closed to encourage protests and top union leaders are considering launching a general strike.

 

 

  • According to the New York Post, the government proposals also include allowing the Knesset to override the court with a simple majority vote and limit judicial review. The plan has been criticized by several foreign governments including the Biden administration.
  • Fox News covered in more detail the implications of the judicial reform plan on Israeli national security. Nearly 300 reservists did not report to training earlier in March in protest of the plan, while hundreds more have signed a letter threating to not show up for duty.
  • Per the Wall Street Journal, nearly half a million Israelis have protested weekly for the last twelve weeks, a remarkable number in a country of 9 million people. Even so, Netanyahu just won a 4-seat majority in the Knesset, a relative landslide considering Israel’s intense polarization.

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Nothing Suspicious There...

 

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Man killed after explosive material combusts at defense company in Mesa

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MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – A man is dead after a flash fire was caused by moving explosive materials in northeast Mesa early Thursday morning.


According to the Mesa Fire department, crews responded to Talley Defense Systems located just north of the Red Mountain Loop 202 and Higley Road just after 2 a.m. When they arrived, they entered the building involved and extinguished a small fire. Employees told emergency crews that a 22-year-old employee had been inside and was unaccounted for. When firefighters made their way into the building, they found the man dead. He has not been identified.

Investigators are currently at the scene looking into what led up to the fire, but witnesses said that the man was moving explosives when it ignited. No other injuries were reported. An investigation remains underway." 

 

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22-year-old man dies after 'explosion' at Mesa aerospace facility

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22-year-old man dies after 'explosion' at Mesa aerospace facility

A body was found after a fire broke out at a building belonging to a Mesa aerospace and defense company overnight, officials said.

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Environmental Cleanup Project at Nammo Defense Systems Inc.

Consent Order

This website was established by Nammo Defense Systems (NDS) as required by an Administrative Order on Consent (Order). The Order dated February 9, 2021 is an enforceable agreement between the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NDS that provides a framework for environmental investigation and cleanup of the land and groundwater at and around the NDS facility in northeast Mesa, Arizona. This website will serve as a public repository for information regarding the environmental cleanup project. Although the Order is between EPA and NDS, EPA is working in partnership with EPA-designated stakeholders, including the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community’s (SRPMIC) Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Division to oversee the environmental work at this facility.

Site History

Talley Industries Inc. operated in Mesa from 1960 until the mid-1980’s. Talley specialized in the design, development and manufacture of ammunition and energetic material solutions for defense and commercial applications. In 1984, they became Talley Defense Systems, Inc. and continued operations until 2007. Nammo Group currently owns the original company and operates under NDS. The facility in present day consists of approximately 534 acres of land owned by the State of Arizona. It is located about 20 miles east-northeast of downtown Phoenix in the northern part of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (See Figure 1).

Historical Release Areas

The environmental regulatory history of the facility includes two identified historical release areas: the former Water Bore-Out (WBO); and the former Thermal Treatment Unit (TTU). The TTU is currently being managed under the Order issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency due to concerns related to the contamination migrating onto SRPMIC’s land.

Former TTU

The former TTU site is located within the current NDS facility approximately 1.25 miles north-northeast of the intersection of East Thomas Road and North Higley Road, Mesa AZ (see Figure 1). Contaminants of concern (COC) in this area include lead, perchlorate, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and 1,4-dioxane. NDS has initiated multiple interim cleanup measures including source area soil removal, an in-situ biological injection pilot study, and the installation of a groundwater pump and treat system. The former TTU is no longer in use and a present day photo of the site, taken on 5/26/2021, can be seen in Figure 2. NDS has also established a network of ground water monitoring wells on and around the former TTU site to monitor the COCs as well as a network of extraction wells as part of the pump and treat system.

Former WBO

The former WBO site occupies approximately 100 acres of land within the current NDS facility and is located northeast of  the intersection of Greenfield Road and the Loop 202, Mesa AZ (see Figure 1). When in operation, the WBO facility used a high-pressure water jet to remove waste material from manufactured components. Presently, NDS is working under the regulatory oversight of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and working within a Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) to clean the WBO site. NDS has proactively initiated a pump and treat system using two extraction wells located on the site of the former WBO, Figure 3. A fluidized bed reactor (FBR), Figure 4, is used to treat the extracted water from the two wells. After treatment, the clean water is directed to the FBR ponds, Figure 5, where it is then allowed to re-enter the environment.

Further Resources

United States Environmental Protection Agency Website
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Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Website
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Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Voluntary Remediation Program Website
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TikTok is NOT THE PROBLEM... Neither is forcing the sale to an American-owned company

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America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok 


Will Oremus
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"For a brief moment in a five-hour House hearing on Thursday, TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew let his frustration show. Asked if TikTok was prepared to split off from its Chinese parent company if ordered to do so by the U.S. government, to safeguard Americans’ online data, Chew went on offense.

“I don’t think ownership is the issue here. With a lot of respect: American social companies don’t have a great record with privacy and data security. I mean, look at Facebook and Cambridge Analytica,” Chew said, referring to the 2018 scandal in which Facebook users’ data was found to have been secretly harvested years earlier by a British political consulting firm.

He’s not wrong. At a hearing in which TikTok was often portrayed as a singular, untenable threat to Americans’ online privacy, it would have been easy to forget that the country’s online privacy problems run far deeper than any single app. And the people most responsible for failing to safeguard Americans’ data, arguably, are American lawmakers.

The bipartisan uproar over TikTok’s Chinese ownership stems from the concern that China’s laws could allow its authoritarian government to demand or clandestinely gain access to sensitive user data, or tweak its algorithms to distort the information its young users see. The concerns are genuine. And yet the United States has failed to bequeath Americans most of the rights it now accuses TikTok of threatening.

While the European Union has far-reaching privacy laws, Congress has not agreed on national privacy legislation, leaving Americans’ online data rights up to a patchwork of state and federal laws. In the meantime, reams of data on Americans’ shopping habits, browsing history and real-time location, collected by websites and mobile apps, is bought and sold on the open market in a multi-hundred-billion-dollar industry. . .If Chew can take any consolation from Thursday’s hearing, it’s that congressional browbeating of tech companies are far more common than congressional action against them.

For an example, he has only to look at the one he raised in that moment of frustration: For all the hearings, all the grilling of Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica, Russian election interference and more, Facebook is still here — and now Congress has moved on to a new scapegoat." 

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