Elon Musk's secret $1.8 billion Starshield 契約 used by 米国防総省

Elon Musk 's SpaceX is 拡大するing a 隠しだてする 衛星 program called 星／主役にする 保護物，者 used by the 米国防総省 as it 静かに (1)偽造する／(2)徐々に進むs deeper links with U.S. 知能 and 軍の 機関s. The company 安全な・保証するd a 重要な 分類するd 契約 価値（がある） a staggering $1.8 billion with the U.S. 政府 in 2021, 強調するing its 増加するing 役割 as a 決定的な 国家の 安全 partner, 文書s 得るd by the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物 明らかにする／漏らすd. The 共同 signals a 深くするing 関係 between SpaceX, the 主要な company in the space 産業, and the 国家の 安全 設立.

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's 大統領，／社長, 最高潮の場面d the 協調 between the 知能 community and the company at a May 2023 event. 'When I'm never sure what I can say in a public 会議, I tend to zip it. But I can say that there is very good 共同 between the 知能 community and SpaceX,' Shotwell said.

Little is known about Starshield - the p rogram tailored for 政府 （弁護士の）依頼人s and led by a former 空気／公表する 軍隊 general - which received a $70 million 軍の award last August for 供給するing communication services to 非常に／多数の 米国防総省 partners. 'While Starlink is designed for 消費者 and 商業の use, Starshield is designed for 政府 use,' SpaceX explained when it 開始する，打ち上げるd 静かに in December 2022. SpaceX's 関与 with 弁護 （弁護士の）依頼人s also 含むs 開始する，打ち上げるing 分類するd and 軍の 衛星s.

The company has recently worked with the 米国防総省 for its Starlink broadband service, 供給するing internet connectivity during 批判的な 状況／情勢s like the ウクライナ共和国 Russia war. Musk's Starlink 終点s have 一方／合間 許すd Ukrainian 指揮官s and 部隊s to communicate on the 戦場 when their usual 網状組織s have been taken 負かす／撃墜する by Russia, and have 証明するd 決定的な to the war 成果／努力. They have also helped Ukrainian 軍隊／機動隊s 支配（する）／統制する drones, which 補助装置 with 偵察, attacks on enemy 戦車／タンクs, and directing 大砲 解雇する／砲火／射撃.

Last week, Starlink won a license for 類似の use in イスラエル and parts of Gaza, with timely and diverse （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） from the 衝突 zone 証明するing evermore challenging to gather. ウクライナ共和国's 軍の 秘かに調査する 機関 申し立てられた／疑わしい this month that ロシアの 軍隊s have also been buying up Starlink 衛星 部隊s from Arab countries in a 企て，努力，提案 to 回避する western 許可／制裁s. But the SpaceX 創立者 has 明言する／公表するd 完全な: 'SpaceX said it 'does not do 商売／仕事 of any 肉親，親類d with the ロシアの 政府 or its 軍の'.

'The company said: 'Starlink is not active in Russia, meaning service will not work in that country. 'SpaceX has never sold or marketed Starlink in Russia, nor has it shipped 器具／備品 to 場所s in Russia.' The award 受託するs 指名／任命s from anyone who 落ちるs within 確かな 基準, 含むing work in academia or 政府 - and past 受取人s of prizes. A shortlist will then be drawn together through March before 裁判官s review the 指名された人s for 告示 in October.

Elon Musk's 会社／堅い 以前 said the Starshield 網状組織 will be 焦点（を合わせる）d on hosted payloads, Earth 観察 and communications, which could 含む signals 知能 or 安全な・保証する internet SpaceX said in December 2022: 'Starshield てこ入れ／借入資本s SpaceX's Starlink 科学（工学）技術 and 開始する，打ち上げる 能力 to support 国家の 安全 成果／努力s.' Starlink is a 衛星 internet 星座 operated by SpaceX that 供給するs 衛星 全世界の internet 接近 ニュース報道. SpaceX has so far 開始する，打ち上げるd more than 3,000 Starlink 衛星s into space, although Musk wants to 結局 bring that number to past 40,000. 'While Starlink is designed for 消費者 and 商業の use, Starshield is designed for gove rnment use,' SpaceX explains.

SpaceX also 示唆するs Starshield will 申し込む／申し出 cryptography ? 安全な・保証する communication in the presence of malicious third-parties ? when 供給（する）ing internet to the US 政府. 'Starshield uses 付加 high-保証／確信 cryptographic 能力 to host 分類するd payloads and 過程 data securely, 会合 the most 需要・要求するing 政府 必要物／必要条件s,' it says. Starshield will also 含む a system of レーザーs that 大勝する data between individual 衛星s in the 星座. 'Starlink's の間の-衛星 レーザー communications 終点, which is the only communications レーザー operating at 規模 in 軌道 today, can be 統合するd の上に partner 衛星s to enable 合併／会社設立 into the Starshield 網状組織,' the 会社／堅い 追加するd.

This comes as the Tesla and X boss was 指名するd for the Nobel Peace Prize as a 'stout proponent for 解放する／自由な speech', joining conservationists, 新聞記者／雑誌記者s, 宗教的な leaders and political 行動主義者s in an 排除的 group of the world's 真っ先の actors for change. Marius Nilsen, MP for Norway's libertarian 進歩 Party, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to have put 今後 the X owner and Tesla 創立者 for his '毅然とした 弁護 of 対話, 解放する／自由な speech and [enabling] the 可能性 to 表明する one's 見解（をとる）s' in a 'continuously more polarized world'. 'The multitude of tech companies Musk has 設立するd, owns or runs, 目的（とする）d at bettering societies, 増加するing knowledge of both earth and space, in 新規加入 to enabling communication and connectivity globally... has helped make the world a more connected and safer place,' Nilsen said.

Nilsen also credited Musk's 衛星 internet 星座 Starlink, operated by SpaceX, in his 決定／判定勝ち（する）, 公式文書，認めるing its use in ウクライナ共和国 for 抵抗 闘士，戦闘機s to 'communicate, 調整する and withstand the attack from Russia' as the war 激怒（する）s on. In 2022, Musk was awarded with the Order of 弁護 長所 by Brazil after 交渉するing the 開始する，打ち上げる of Starlink in the アマゾン rainforest. He was also 指名するd Time's Person of the Year in 2021 and awarded the Oslo 商売／仕事 for Peace Award in 2017.?Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13104389/elon-musk-spacex-政府-契約-starshield-pentagon.html?ito=msngallery

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