The Department of Defense is making progress in developing its operationally responsive space concept, but still has a ways to go to ensure that ORS is clearly understood by all stakeholders across the national security space community, the Government Accountability Office reported in a study issued earlier this month. Indeed, GAO said its examination identified a “disparity in stakeholder understanding” because DOD “has not clearly defined” and “not effectively communicated” the concept. For example, ORS planning documents are “broad and lack the specificity” necessary to guide the concept. Further, there has been a perceived lack of consultation and communication by DOD with the intelligence community among members of the latter group, GAO said. “Without having a well-defined and commonly understood concept, DOD’s ability to fully meet warfighter needs may be hampered,” GAO said. DOD stood up the joint ORS office in May 2007.
‘Angry Kitten’ EW Pod Tested on Search-and-Rescue HC-130
April 17, 2026
The Air Force recently tested its “Angry Kitten” electronic warfare pod on an HC-130J during Exercise Bamboo Shield, showing the pod can turn the rescue platform into a command-and-control node and protect it from enemy radars.The tests follow what could be the pod’s first use in combat after it was…