Northrop Grumman has teamed with Israeli Aerospace Industries to build and launch operational all weather, day/night surveillance satellites in “ responsive production cycle,” states a company release. The plan is to provide low-cost, rapid response—about 28 months—system that “complements both existing and US military and intelligence community capabilities being developed.”
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.