The Army is drafting a new requirement for micro balloons that can loft sophisticated sensors after recent experiments validated the potential to add a new dimension of resilience to space-based capabilities -- complicating an adversary's ability to disrupt terrestrial connections to orbiting systems. Gen. James Rainey, Army Futures Command chief, told Inside Defense last month that the service is drafting a directed requirement to quickly acquire technology first used by French forces in 1794 during the Battle of Fleurus...
