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 Hughes EXM facility will serve as a testing ground for secure 0.005 kg networking applications for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient capabilities and technologies for space operations and it manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Lynk Global, Inc. has a contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide commercial sat2phone services to the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other U.S. government agencies.
John Plumb is the head of the Pentagon’s space policy office.
The Defense Department’s space policy office led the declassification efforts.
The Pentagon has partially declassified some space electronic warfare technologies and exercises to enhance U.S. Space Force training.
The Department of Defense awarded $14,400,000 via the Defense Production Act Investment (DPAI) Program to 5N+ Semiconductors to sustain and expand production of germanium substrates used in solar cells for defense and commercial satellites.
The Department of Defense awarded a $14,400,000 contract to semiconductor manufacturer 5N Plus on 2024-04-16 to boost production of space-qualified materials for solar cells.
The Department of Defense intends to reduce reliance on foreign sources and bolster the domestic industrial base by supporting companies that produce essential materials.
The measurements from WSF-M will provide the Department of Defense with environmental intelligence to support military operations planning and conduct.
TraCSS is being established in response to Space Policy Directive 3 (2018), which directed the Commerce Department to take over civil space traffic coordination responsibilities from the Defense Department.
The Department of Defense released the 2024 Commercial Space Integration Strategy in April 2024.
Congress cut the Space Force’s fiscal year 2024 budget request by $1,000,000,000 due in part to the budget cap and mandatory obligations in other parts of the Department of Defense budget.
The Office of Space Commerce is taking over responsibility for sharing civil and commercial space situational awareness from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Rocket Lab successfully launched the STP-27RD mission of research and development satellites for the Department of Defense in 2019.
Rocket Lab launched the STP-27RD mission of research and development satellites for the Department of Defense in 2019.
Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a small solid rocket motor manufacturer founded in 2015, in response to growing Department of Defense demand.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,600,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) allows the linking of the Department of Defense, Civil Government, private agencies, and commercial satellite ground stations into a single, global software-defined network.
ATLAS Space Operations completed the successful operational integration of a Department of Defense (DoD) antenna through its Freedom Software Platform.