U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) is a field command of the U.S. Space Force responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities to protect the nation's strategic advantage in space. It manages a significant space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense and works with the joint forces, government agencies, academic institutions, industry, and allied organizations. SSC is responsible for space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics, including managing U.S. space launch ranges. Key partners include the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Space Development Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and commercial space industry partners.
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Anduril was awarded a $99,700,000 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by U.S. Space Systems Command to deliver Lattice as a resilient mesh networking capability for modernization of the U.S. Space Surveillance Network.
Anduril has worked with Space Systems Command since 2022 to enhance the communications and networking infrastructure of the Space Surveillance Network by delivering resilient mesh networking capabilities to link distributed ground sensors.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is the field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient space capabilities for the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command Innovation Development Branch partnered with Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to develop and complete the Tetra-1 mission.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
The PLEO program is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Space Systems Command’s Commercial Satellite Communications Office.
The Defense Information Systems Agency and the Space Systems Command expanded the PLEO program’s funding to $13,000,000,000.
BAE Systems received a $247,000,000 contract for the Increment 2 MSI program from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command in 2020.
The first Firefly Alpha mission under the agreement will deploy True Anomaly’s Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space mission targeted for 2025.
Space Systems Command plans to award contracts next year for the next batch of MEO missile-tracking satellites known as Epoch 2.
Col. Richard Kniseley leads the Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office and is reviewing over 80 submissions from companies for CASR.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Service Task Orders totaling $733,566,001 to SpaceX.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
The first mission under the Firefly–True Anomaly agreement will deploy True Anomaly’s Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space mission targeted for 2025.
The Space Force's Space Systems Command is reviewing performance data from the Cert-2 launch.
Space Systems Command received the first mission payload for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous (NGG) sensing capability on 2024-08-30 in partnership with Lockheed Martin Space and Raytheon Technologies Corporation.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Space System Command’s Cross Mission Data branch, the National Space Defense Center, Headquarters Space Delta 2, the 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons, and L3Harris teams in Colorado Springs collaborated to attain CODA trial period entry.
iRocket signed a $1,800,000 TACFI contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command in 2023.