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US Navy successfully connects aircraft carrier to the cloud
- tristanb 2y ago"The connectivity has been enabled by Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (P-LEO) satellite services - constellations of satellite services that form mesh networks via optical links." - AKA Starlink. In Musk, we trust, I guess. (I don't).
- psunavy03 2y agoJust because he acts like a total tool does not arbitrarily make SpaceX not a viable defense contractor. Why can people not separate Musk the (very abrasive) person from his companies?
- brohoolio 2y agoChina has tremendous leverage over him via whether he can access their markets.
- w0z_ 2y agoHe's already beat out in their market, not much leverage there lol.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoA 50 billionaire that someone could take a billion of… tremendous?
- Sabinus 2y agoThe goal for Tesla was to jumpstart the electric car industry by example, not to sell electric cars in China.
- consumer451 2y agoTesla built 51% of their global production in Shanghai, China in Q1 2024. The leverage isn't just shutting down the China market, it's the threat to 51% of Tesla's production capacity.
- pests 2y agoTell that to his net worth.
- w0z_ 2y agoThey must fight the social-justice war on all fronts.
- tristanb 2y agoBecause he runs them and can, and does make terrible decisions on their behalf.
- cyberax 2y agoAircraft-Carrier-as-A-Service. Looking towards that.
- thelittlenag 2y agoThe upsell on the pricing is ridiculous…
- doubled112 2y agoBut will it only bill me for the minutes I use it? Oracle will bill me for the whole ocean, I’m sure. The aircraft carrier might stop there.
- toast0 2y agoI thought I once got an email from Hurricane Electric about a Carrier Networking event on the USS Hornet, although I can only find references for a customer appreciation event. [1] [1] https://forums.he.net/index.php?topic=1777.0 https://forums.he.net/index.php?topic=1777.0
- m463 2y agoI remember long ago there was a lan party hosted on the hornet.
- Havoc 2y agoI hear it comes equipped with the "Started WW3 accidentally" footgun.
- throwup238 2y agoAnd for the first time in 15 years the blaster worm found a new computer system to infect… > missile defense must now restart because the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Service terminated unexpectedly.
- ungreased0675 2y agoSounds like they installed a Starlink/Starshield antenna and can get emails now.
- sillywalk 2y agoApparently the F-35 logistics systems ALIS/ODIN are "in the cloud".
- riffic 2y agoNuclear submarines are Class C networks (/24, citing Bill Cheswick's last talk at the socal linux expo[0]) in case anyone was curious. I assume aircraft carriers have a bigger footprint. [0] https://www.youtube.com/live/V_sqiff41gs https://www.youtube.com/live/V_sqiff41gs 1 hr 27 minutesish
- sam_goody 2y ago> The connectivity has been enabled by Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (P-LEO) satellite services Does this mean Starlink, or are there other private competitors in this space (a quick web search refers to 19 other companies that have bid on contracts for P-LEO)? Also, I didn't follow what exactly does Oracle have to do with this - they are hardly the only cloud provider, and not even the one with the most government contracts?
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- Jtsummers 2y agoPer the article, Starlink and some military SATCOM systems. It's apparently not tied to a specific satellite family (which is a good thing).
- ordu 2y ago"The infrastructure has been designed to be able to use a variety of connectivity mechanisms, including the military's SATCOM, and Starlink."
- lazide 2y agoWhy buy one, when you can buy two at twice the price? (Yes, Contact)
- bane 2y agoThere's a few options even without Starlink: Oneweb, Iridium, Inmarsat, viasat among others.
- Havoc 2y agoCan you push terabytes through those daily? I had understood they're quite slow
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- w0z_ 2y agoChina's satellites (Jilin-1, etc.) can essentially track things across the world in seconds versus minutes (i.e. it can follow a plane, or car on the street in real-time). So I'm guessing "radio silence" does not affect much locational opsec at this point.
- EthicalSimilar 2y agoIt’s pretty crazy the technology that’s out there that we’ll never see / experience without working some high-level gov job.
- yieldcrv 2y agoYou’ll be promptly disillusioned if you do Governments aren’t ahead of the private sector and arent doing parallel innovation with their massive budgets, just knowing industry trends gets you an understanding of what to expect
- mensetmanusman 2y agoThey do pay for edge connections of technology that will never exist in the civilian space though.
- dralley 2y agoThey're ahead in very specific ways, mostly where there's no commercial activity that would justify the expense of investing in that area. e.g. extremely high resolution imaging satellites.
- Havoc 2y agoI would imagine that the location of carrier groups is basically known at all times to serious adversaries, regardless of emissions. They're not exactly small and if you're doing it right they don't dive underwater.
- jefurii 2y ago"I will not allow a networked computerized system to be placed on this ship while I'm in command" --Commander William Adama
- cr125rider 2y agoDoes anyone want Oracle cloud on their ship? Seems like an odd flex to say they can deploy 3 racks of servers and build a small data center. Thats plenty of compute for a medium sized business.
- LocalH 2y agoCan't wait for it to backfire
- Sabinus 2y agoWhy would it? It's just an upgraded satellite connection for non-classified traffic.
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoActual article: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2024/06/navy-project-brings-promise-of-cloud-to-the-middle-of-the-ocean/?readmore=1 https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2024/06/navy-project-bri...