The National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) is the United States Space Force's intelligence agency, activated on June 24, 2022, and headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. As a field operating agency, NSIC is responsible for delivering critical intelligence on threat systems, foreign intentions, and activities in the space domain to support national leaders, allies, partners and joint war fighters. It analyzes the capabilities, performance, limitations, and vulnerabilities of space and counter-space systems and services.
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Fenix Space’s U.S. Department of War customers include the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Space Development Agency (SDA), and National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC).
Starfish Space received $3,000,000 in NSIC funds earlier in 2023.
Nuview received $2,750,000 in NSIC funds earlier in 2023.
In 2021 NSIC awarded $2,000,000 to Xplore, a startup focused on space infrastructure services.
The U.S. Space Force plans to formally establish the National Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio on 2022-06-24.
The Biden administration requested $20,000,000 for the National Space Intelligence Center in its 2022 budget proposal that has not yet been approved by Congress.
The Space Force budget request includes $20,000,000 to establish a National Space Intelligence Center.
The U.S. Space Force plans to develop intelligence analysts at a future National Space Intelligence Center to be stood up at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is working with the U.S. Space Force on plans to create a national space intelligence center focused on technical intelligence to defend space systems from anti-satellite weapons developed by China and Russia.