Boeing officials say the company has successfully completed several major milestones for the Global Positioning System IIF program. Among the milestones was completion of the first satellite’s initial electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing, which ensured the SV-1 satellite could be launched via an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. Boeing’s first Block IIF satellite would be ready for launch in 2008.
Current and near-term Chinese artificial intelligence capabilities could counter or replicate how the U.S. military plans and conducts operations, especially complex strike packages such as those seen recently in Iran, according to a new think tank report.