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Into the ‘outernet’: Secure ‘internet in space’ key to future Space Force hybrid architecture

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T1TL mesh constellation_Northrop Grumman.

The Space Development Agency will begin launching its Tranche 1 Transport Layer communications mesh network in 2024. (Image: Northrop Grumman)

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising military and commercial satellites in multiple orbits, moving to design a foundational cyber-protected network integration capability — i.e., a hack-proof (or close to it anyway) “internet in space,” officials say.

The hybrid space architecture concept is an outgrowth of Space Force chief Gen. Jay Raymond’s 2020 “Vision for Enterprise Satellite Communications,” first reported by Breaking Defense. And while various experimental efforts to validate the concept of a space-based internet for military users have been ongoing since then, the Defense Department and the Space Force only recently have fully embraced the concept and moved to coordinate a holistic effort to design and develop the capabilities need to substantiate it.

The Space Force’s Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC), DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU),  the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) now are cooperating in this potentially revolutionary effort, officials involved told Breaking Defense, which in turn will be a key to enabling Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) for future high-speed, information-centric warfare across the air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. The concept would see concentric circles of satellite communications (SATCOM) networks — highly encrypted military constellations, slightly less secure SATCOM provided by allies, and unclassified commercial constellations.

Recently SWAC has made progress in developing the overarching space data transport “force design” for the concept. Meanwhile, DIU’s project with AFRL, which is designing the glue that will patch the disparate SATCOM networks together, just last week announced concrete steps as well, officials involved said.

And while SDA has already begun to launch a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit, called the Transport Layer, to allow high speed, low latency, internet-capable data communications, those…

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NPM compromises. ICS advisories. Free ransomware decryptors. Update on cyber phases of Russia’s hybrid war. Disneyland hack.

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Dateline

Ukraine at D+134: Preparing for an end to Russia’s operational pause. (The CyberWire) Mr. Putin says no one should count on Ukrainian battlefield victory, because Russia’s hardly gotten started.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 135 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 135th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Ukraine Says Western Weapons Begin to Help as It Raises Flag on Snake Island (Wall Street Journal) President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Western heavy weapons are starting to have an effect on the battlefield but urged speedier deliveries, particularly of antiaircraft systems, as Russia continued lobbing missiles into Ukrainian cities.

Zelensky says Ukraine will not give up territory for peace with Russia: ‘This is our land’ | CNN Politics (CNN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war.

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin warns Moscow has ‘barely started’ its campaign (The Telegraph) Vladimir Putin has issued a defiant warning to the west claiming that Moscow has barely started its military campaign in Ukraine

Ukraine’s Implausible Theories of Victory (Foreign Affairs) The fantasy of Russian defeat and the case for diplomacy.

G-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war’s impact (AP NEWS) Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing nations failed to find common ground Friday over Russia’s war in Ukraine and how to deal with its global impacts, leaving prospects for future cooperation in the forum uncertain.

Germany refuses to ‘plunder its own military’ for the sake of Ukraine (The Telegraph) Pressure on Olaf Scholz to provide armoured vehicles, as German MPs prepare to set an example by limiting their own use of hot water

Army leaders convene with allies to review Ukraine war lessons (Stars and Stripes) The implications of drones and long-range artillery were among the Ukraine war topics discussed by U.S. Army leaders and other allied commanders Thursday, as they assessed the path forward for an…

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Karakurt warning. Clipminer in the wild. GootLoader evolves. Cyber ops in Russia’s hybrid war. Russian agencies buy VPNs.

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Dateline Moscow, Kyiv, Washington: Gray zone operations.

Ukraine at D+98: Friction in the gray zone. (The CyberWire) Advancing into the rubble it’s created, Russia’s army tries to come to grips with combat refusals. The White House says that the cyber operations NSA Director Nakasone alluded to this week are entirely consistent with the US policy of avoiding direct combat with Russia. Observers work to understand the state of the cyber phase of the hybrid war. And Russian censorship seems to be producing friction in some Russian government operations. (That’s why agencies in Moscow are buying VPNs.)

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 99 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 99th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Exclusive: Ukraine troops retreating in Donbas have a plan, Luhansk governor says (Newsweek) Serhiy Haidai told Newsweek the defenders remain defiant despite the intense Russian attacks, which included a strike on a chemical plant.

Russia-Ukraine latest news: Kyiv may switch off Europe’s largest nuclear powerplant (The Telegraph) Ukraine would consider switching off its Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that lies in Russian-occupied territory if Kyiv loses control of operations at the site, an aide to the prime minister has said, Interfax news agency reports.

Documents Reveal Hundreds of Russian Troops Broke Ranks Over Ukraine Orders (Wall Street Journal) Desertions and refusal to engage in the invasion have put Moscow in a bind over how to punish service members without drawing more attention to the problem. “So many people don’t want to fight.”

The Russian Military’s People Problem (Foreign Affairs) It’s hard for Moscow to win while mistreating its soldiers.

Zelensky will be tried as war criminal if Russia captures him (Newsweek) A lawmaker in the self-declared, Russia-backed Donetsk People’s Republic accused Ukraine’s president of sending “neo-Nazis to Donbas to kill civilians.”

Six lessons the Ukraine conflict has taught us about modern warfare (The Telegraph) From drones to the use of tanks, we dissect the masterstrokes and miscalculations of military tactics after three months of fighting

Some see cyberwar in Ukraine. Others see…

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Crypters in the C2C markets. Ransomware attacks continue. Canada will exclude Huawei from 5G. Notes from the hybrid war.

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Dateline Moscow, Kyiv, Berlin, Rome, Washington, Beijing: Russia reconstitutes its forces, under pressure.

Ukraine at D+85: Russian attempts to reconstitute its forces, under pressure. (The CyberWire) Russian forces appear to attempting to consolidate their positions in the Donbas and along the Azov coast while their government seeks to reconstitute the units that have taken severe personnel and equipment losses during the invasion of Ukraine. Cyber phases of the war continue to concentrate on disinformation and nuisance-level attacks, many of these conducted by nominal hacktivists.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events, day 86 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 86th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events, day 85 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 85th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 85 of the invasion (the Guardian) Russia says 1,730 fighters at Azovstal plant have surrendered since Monday; ‘culture of cover-ups’ in Russian military, says UK’s MoD

Russia could actually lose territory amid Ukraine war disaster (Newsweek) The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine said Russian troops could be expelled from more regions they had occupied, which raises the prospect of Moscow losing Crimea.

‘Now we get hit too’: Belgorod, the Russian city on the Ukraine frontline (the Guardian) Locals speak of a tense atmosphere after a number of attacks – and reports of Ukrainian saboteurs

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol (AP NEWS) The Russian military said Thursday that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol have surrendered, bringing the total who have left their stronghold to 1,730, while the Red Cross said it had registered hundreds of them as prisoners of war.

Ukrainian POWs Could Face Real Legal Jeopardy in Russia (World Politics Review) This week, speculation has been intense about the fate of the hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered to Russia in Mariupol. While it is easy to dismiss Russia’s claims against the prisoners as propaganda, the Geneva Conventions would allow Russia to…

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