{"id":113408,"date":"2020-09-25T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/u-s-air-force-acquisition-chief-is-impressed"},"modified":"2020-09-25T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:34:45","slug":"u-s-air-force-acquisition-chief-is-impressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/u-s-air-force-acquisition-chief-is-impressed","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Air Force Acquisition Chief is impressed by SpaceX Starlink\u2019s performance during Live-Fire exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/u-s-air-force-acquisition-chief-is-impressed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States Air Force signed a deal with SpaceX valued at around $28 million in 2018, to assess the Starlink network\u2019s performance on military platforms. The Air Force is actively experimenting with how space-based internet could enhance Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). These operations require moving vast quantities of data between the five domains of warfare: ground, sea, sky, outer space, and cyberspace. The military needs a reliable communication system at all times to protect and defend the country from potential threats. The assessment of Starlink will offer the military insight on whether it should purchase Starlink service long-term.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Air Force Chief for Acquisition Dr. Will Roper, who serves as the principal adviser for technology research and development, met with reporters to discuss a live-fire military exercise that took place early this month, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/news\/spacex-starlink-impressed-air-force-in-big-live-fire-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investors<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>news reports. During the conference, Roper shared SpaceX\u2019s Starlink network was tested during the live-fire exercise as part of the military\u2019s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). \u2013 \u201cWhat I\u2019ve seen from Starlink has been impressive and positive,\u201d he told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cThey\u2019re cleverly engineered satellites cleverly deployed. So, there\u2019s a lot to learn from how they\u2019re designed and I think that there\u2019s a lot we can learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roper shared that the Air Force connected Starlink to a \u201cvariety of air and terrestrial assets\u201d. Starlink terminals are hooked to the cockpit of a Boeing (BA) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to assess the network\u2019s performance while the airplanes fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Air Force signed a deal with SpaceX valued at around $28 million in 2018, to assess the Starlink network\u2019s performance on military platforms. The Air Force is actively experimenting with how space-based internet could enhance Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). These operations require moving vast quantities of data between the five domains of warfare: [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113419,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113408\/revisions\/113419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}