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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The 45th Space Delta will report to the Space Systems Command.
Space Systems Command will oversee approximately a $12,000,000,000 annual budget for research, development, and procurement of new systems.
Space Systems Command will be run by a three-star general and will be responsible for developing, testing, acquiring, fielding and maintaining space systems.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded contracts to Applied Technology Associates of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Teledyne Brown Engineering of Huntsville, Alabama, to build prototype Energetic Charged Particle sensors.
General John "JT" Thompson, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Commander, expressed a more optimistic perspective about working with small businesses and non-traditional government contractors.
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $3,300,000,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center on 2019-11-15 for support services on classified military communications satellites.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is actively negotiating contract terms with Boeing for WGS-11 production.
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $98,500,000 contract to United Launch Alliance on 2019-10-01 to complete three Atlas 5 missions scheduled to launch in 2020.
The Space Development Agency plans to integrate its layers into the ground enterprise being developed by the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center for command and control of military satellites.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $4,900,000 contract to Aevum to lift experimental satellites to low Earth orbit.
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Vector a $3,400,000 contract on 2019-08-07 for the Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON) 45 mission.
United Launch Alliance launched the AEHF-5 communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center on an Atlas V rocket.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center negotiated with United Launch Alliance savings of approximately $27,500,000 per launch for the three Delta 4 Heavy missions.
During the quarter that ended 2019-03-31, Parsons received a contract worth roughly $100,000,000 from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to provide integration services for small satellite launch.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were chosen in October by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to share $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding.
Parsons won a contract in February worth up to $100,000,000 over five years from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise Directorate to serve as prime contractor for the integration of small satellites with launch vehicles.
The Space Development Agency will work with existing providers including the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Army’s and Navy’s space procurement offices.
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center oversees approximately $7,000,000,000 in programs.
On 2018-10-10, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center allocated up to $967,000,000 to ULA to develop the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
On 2018-10-10, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center allocated up to $792,000,000 to Northrop Grumman to develop the OmegA rocket.