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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Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
LeoLabs is committed to supporting the U.S. Department of Defense’s efforts to enhance tracking of non-cooperative launches, smaller orbital debris, and objects in very low Earth orbit.
Red Cat is expanding its line of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems to support the Pentagon's need for attributable autonomous systems across air, land, and sea.
Anduril is supplying sub-20-inch diameter rocket motors to several other Department of Defense programs and customers.
Only Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies currently supply solid rocket motors to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Iridium won the 2019 Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) contract to provide Department of Defense users worldwide access to Iridium’s satellite network with unlimited voice calls and narrowband data transmissions.
PATS will involve hosted payloads on commercial and U.S. military satellites and will include software and hardware for both ground- and space-based systems that employ Department of Defense-developed encrypted signals.
The U.S. Defense Department assessed that Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that is likely a counter-space weapon, that the satellite is in the same orbit as U.S. government satellites, and that its characteristics resemble counter-space payloads deployed in 2019 and 2022.
The Iridium EMSS program delivers global unlimited secure and standard narrowband voice, broadcast, push-to-talk, and select additional services to an unlimited number of U.S. Department of Defense and DoD-approved subscribers.
Iridium has worked with the Department of Defense EMSS Program Office for over 20 years providing sustainment and security enhancements for EMSS.
The DIU is an organization within the U.S. Department of Defense established to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology solutions into the U.S. military.
Iridium Communications secured a new five-year contract valued at $94,000,000 with a potential total value of $103,000,000 to provide communication support services to the U.S. Department of Defense on 2024-06-04.
The Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program provides communication services to the Department of Defense and approved users through Iridium’s satellite network.
Airbus US Space and Defense, based in Arlington, Virginia, is a partner to Aalto and works directly with the U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government customers to address connectivity and remote sensing needs.
The contract provides for performing research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, maintenance, support, systems engineering, and/or sustainment for the Department of Defense’s Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction objectives.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was awarded a $94,808,020 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, development, test, and evaluation of Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence for the Smart Sensor Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance prototype.
The bill establishes a program called the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to allow the Department of Defense to sign agreements with commercial companies that would commit to providing satellite capacity or other services to the military during conflicts.
The 2024-10-01 NDAA authorizes $850,000,000,000 for the Department of Defense.
iDirect Government’s 0.005 kg co-channel solution is intended to provide a critical capability to Department of Defense users who experience 0.005 kg co-channel interference.
The Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to foster partnerships between established defense contractors and smaller, emerging businesses to help them expand their footprint in the defense industry.