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.
The contract expansion will provide benefits for the Department of Defense to use the M-1000 satellite bus for missions such as communications and missile tracking.
The Space Development Agency awarded Momentus a contract modification valued at $1,196,404 to continue development of the Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle for Department of Defense mission requirements.
The Defense Department has spent a decade addressing 12 gaps in weather monitoring identified by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council in 2014.
Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working with the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, the European Space Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey and other organizations to establish a robust space weather program.
Ligado asserts that the Department of Defense’s use of its L-band spectrum was not disclosed to the FCC before the FCC approved Ligado’s proposed terrestrial network in 2020.
Ligado’s 2023-10-12 lawsuit alleges the Department of Defense used Ligado’s L-band frequencies without providing compensation.
The Department of Defense awarded the MUOS design contracts on 2024-01-25.
Because the current MUOS satellites are oversubscribed, the Department of Defense agreed to buy two additional MUOS satellites.
About 50 different U.S. military commands and Defense Department offices are using SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit internet services.
Once the working capital fund is set up, CSCO expects to take over at least 20 of DoD’s 147 active commercial satcom contracts.
TraCSS is designed to take over from the Department of Defense responsibilities for tracking space objects and providing warnings of potential conjunctions to government and commercial satellite operators.
The 18 satellites are for Tranche 2 Tracking Layer of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, part of the Department of Defense’s low Earth orbit constellation.
Charles Galbreath recommends an additional $250,000,000 in annual Department of Defense funding devoted to cislunar space activities.
The Mitchell Institute report contends that the Department of Defense must establish a cislunar infrastructure extending services closer to Earth, including space domain awareness, high-bandwidth communications, and cislunar navigation technologies.
The 18 satellites are for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer, part of the Department of Defense’s Low Earth Orbit constellation.
The 2024-01-17 Mitchell Institute report recommends that the Department of Defense develop means to secure cislunar activities from threats such as territorial claims and irresponsible or hostile behavior.
The 2024-01-17 Mitchell Institute report recommends that the Department of Defense increase collaboration with NASA to support development of infrastructure for scientific and economic activities in cislunar space.
Orbit Fab received a $13,300,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit to partly fund its hydrazine fueling station.