The Department of Defense (DOD) is a U.S. government agency responsible for military and national security space activities. It acts as a major procurer and operator of space systems, including launch vehicles and satellite systems for reconnaissance, missile launch detection, navigation, and communication. The DOD aims to maintain space superiority, integrate military space power, and ensure space stability, working with commercial firms to integrate space solutions into national security architectures.
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The Department of Defense will provide Congress with a plan for a Space Force.
The Pentagon recommended creating a Space Development Agency to accelerate space technology and rapidly develop and field next-generation capabilities.
The Pentagon’s 2018-08-09 report proposed re-establishing a U.S. Space Command as the military’s 11th combatant command.
The Pentagon’s Chief Management Officer is responsible for setting up a new office for an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and must provide a plan by 2018-10-01 that includes options for consolidating civilian oversight of space and outlines how it could evolve into the future headquarters of the Space Force.
Gwynne Shotwell noted that the growth of government business, particularly with the Defense Department, is mitigating the impact of the GEO downturn on SpaceX.
The Pentagon estimated the cost of OCX at $6,000,000,000.
More than $500,000,000 of the Pentagon’s $1,400,000,000 GPS program budget request for 2019 is for OCX.
Letitia Long is a former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and specified that about 13,000 people across the Department of Defense are focused on space.
A panel of former defense officials recommended creating a U.S. Space Command, increasing protection for satellites from attacks, and changing how the Pentagon buys space technology.
Patrick Shanahan, as Deputy Defense Secretary, led the Pentagon reorganization to create new U.S. space entities.
The Pentagon had not provided a cost estimate for creating a new Space Force at the time of the report.
The Pentagon proposed creating a U.S. Space Command, a Space Operations Force, and a Space Development Agency as part of its reorganization.
Atlas V launched Department of Defense missions including Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS).
The Department of Defense plans to put forward a proposal with the president’s budget for fiscal year 2020 that includes a Department of Space.
The Defense Department is complying with a fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act provision that requires DoD to explore options for both sensors and interceptors in space.
The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin approximately $1,000,000,000 in contracts to develop hypersonic missiles.
The Pentagon has committed to buying two more AEHF satellites from Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
Congressional appropriators added $600,000,000 to the Pentagon’s 2018 budget to buy two additional WGS satellites.
President Trump wants the Department of Defense to appoint an assistant secretary of defense for space to oversee the transition to a Space Force, according to Vice President Mike Pence’s 2018-08-09 remarks.
Congress directed the Department of Defense in the 2018 defense policy bill to create a "sub-unified" Space Command under U.S. Strategic Command.