The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is a combat support agency responsible for providing information technology and communications support to the Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies. DISA plays a crucial role in the space industry by managing and facilitating the procurement and delivery of satellite-based services, including commercial SATCOM bandwidth, to augment military communications. It also works on initiatives to enhance cybersecurity in space and ensure the secure and seamless exchange of information across various domains, partnering with organizations like the U.S. Space Force and NATO. DISA's activities involve managing contracts, testing new satellite communication technologies, and providing access to the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) through satellites.
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Inmarsat Government is upgrading the primary Military Sealift Command afloat network from Ku-band VSAT to the Global Xpress Ka-band under a 10-year, $578,000,000 Follow-On contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded in August 2022.
Inmarsat Government was awarded the U.S. Navy Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC II) by the Defense Information Systems Agency with a ceiling value of $980,000,000 over a 10-year period.
DISA created an enterprise innovation and integration center to reduce time required to develop, secure, test, and field new IT capabilities and services.
DISA is implementing the Thunderdome program to improve the zero-trust environment and protect Department of Defense data in cloud-based environments.
Crunchy Data has collaborated with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) since 2017 to create and validate secure PostgreSQL configurations using the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG).
The Defense Information Systems Agency's Assured Compliance Assessment Solution recognizes the capability used to create remote-side packages for SHIELD.
Air Force Space Command took over responsibility in December for procuring the Defense Department’s commercial satellite communications services from the Defense Information Systems Agency.
When the 2013 contract expired in October, the Defense Information Systems Agency paid $44,000,000 to add another six months of service.
Congress directed the Defense Information Systems Agency to transfer the management of commercial satellite communications procurement to Air Force Space Command in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
Thirty-six civilian and military members and 70 support contractors who had been performing satcom procurement for DISA will remain in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
The Space Force-Heavy option assumes a 48,500-person workforce that adds missile defense activities and elements of the Defense Information Systems Agency and a $21,500,000,000 annual budget with $500,000,000 identified as new funding.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ordered the Defense Information Systems Agency to transfer responsibility for buying commercial bandwidth to Air Force Space Command.
Iridium received a $44 million contract extension from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency.
The United States Defense Information Systems Agency awarded Viasat Inc. an eight-year firm-fixed-price contract to provide in-flight broadband and connectivity services to U.S. Government Senior Leader and VIP aircraft.
The base year plus seven 12-month option periods of the DISA contract with Viasat have a total cumulative value of $559,800,000.
Iridium has a five-year, $400,000,000 contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency that expires in October.
In last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, Congress ordered the Defense Information Systems Agency to transfer responsibility for buying commercial satcom services to Air Force Space Command, with the transfer to be completed by December.
Congress transferred responsibility for buying commercial satellite communications from the Defense Information Systems Agency to Air Force Space Command in last year’s defense policy bill.
The first option on the original DISA contract with ViaSat was executed on 2017-06-01.