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2026-09-29
Makani Lab · Theater Joint Force Space Component
Posture · Presence · Partnership
BLUF — Posture (capability): DIU and USSF will start buying commercial satellites to monitor GEO, and USSF reset its satellite control antenna program to lease commercial systems. Partnership moved India to Train as Misawa F-35s joined Tarang Shakti. Attention: the Citrix NetScaler KEV deadline is 30 Sep; confirm command and partner patches.

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PostureForce · Capability · C2 & authorities · Resilience

DIU, Space Force team up to kick-start buys of commercial sats for monitoring GEO
Breaking Defense · 2026-09-29 CapabilitySPACECOMIntelligenceUSSF
DIU and USSF are teaming to start buying commercial satellites to monitor the GEO belt; both firms already hold DoD contracts to demo RPO (Breaking Defense).
So what: Adds commercial GEO custody to the SDA mix watching PRC inspector satellites.
Space Force Interested in Commercial Antennas to Control Satellites
Air & Space Forces Magazine · 2026-09-28 ResilienceSPACECOMCommand and ControlUSSF
USSF/MDA reset SCAR, the 19-antenna Satellite Control Network upgrade, as a CSO after the $1.4B BlueHalo deal was cut; leases and antenna-as-a-service in play.
So what: Adds commanding capacity but multi-tenant cyber risk; white papers due 15 Oct.
Senator Asks Pentagon to Review Supply Chain Over F-35 Incident
Bloomberg (Politics) · 2026-09-29 ResiliencePACOMProtectionChina / PLA
SSCI chair asked SecWar Hegseth to review the DoD supply chain after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong on a UPS flight reached PRC hands (Bloomberg).
So what: Supply-chain leak to the PRC; the same risk runs through space and ground hardware.
US Navy launches drone command that could reshape Taiwan war planning
South China Morning Post (China) · 2026-09-29 ForcePACOMCommand and ControlTaiwan
The Navy stood up a Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center on 24 Sep for drone doctrine, training and testing, linked to Taiwan (SCMP).
So what: Unmanned fleets will lean on SATCOM and PNT; build that demand into space support.
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PresencePlanning · C2 · Execution · Exercises

Nothing significant to report.

PartnershipShare → Plan → Train → Operate → Depend

For First Time, US F-35s Will Join Exercise in India
Air & Space Forces Magazine · 2026-09-28 TrainPACOMFiresAllies & Partners
Six F-35As from Misawa's 13th FS and 200+ Airmen arrived in Jodhpur on 26 Sep for Tarang Shakti, the first USAF F-35 exercise in India; it runs to 12 Oct.
So what: Moves India from Share to Train with 5th-gen jets; room to add space support.
U.S., Indian Forces Fly, Fight Together in Combined Air Assault
U.S. Pacific Command · 2026-09-28 TrainPACOMMovement and ManeuverAllies & Partners
US and Indian Army forces ran a combined air assault in shared formations near Auli; Yudh Abhyas 2026 closed 27 Sep after three weeks (INDOPACOM).
So what: India trains in combined formations; space support should be in the next one.
New Zealand, Australia sign pact to deepen naval cooperation
Defense News · 2026-09-29 SharePACOMCommand and ControlAllies & Partners
The Australian and NZ navies signed Plan Tasman, a strategic guidance document with an annual deputy-chief dialogue and working groups (Defense News).
So what: FVEY navies formalize Share; a channel for maritime space support in the South Pacific.

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