So it turns out, the future of warfare might just be a laser pointer duct-taped to a Cessna. At least, that’s the takeaway from General Atomics and Kepler’s latest “breakthrough” announcement. They managed to zap some data between a satellite and a moving Twin Otter aircraft using lasers, and suddenly we’re supposed to believe the entire Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is a done deal. Big leaps, small steps, same PR tone.
Let’s be real. This was not a dogfight in contested airspace. It wasn’t a satellite dodging orbital debris or counterspace interference. It was a test on a stable aircraft at known coordinates. Controlled, ideal, sanitized. But if you ask SDA’s Deputy Director, we’re already deep into the next century of warfighting because two companies used the same socket.
