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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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True Anomaly’s range solutions are designed to integrate with and augment the Department of Defense’s planned orbital range capacity.

PlanCapabilityValue 2.8Jun 20, 2023True Anomaly unveils Digital and On-Orbit Range Solutions

The $3,600,000 award supports the Department of Defense’s need for enhanced, higher-throughput connectivity aboard airborne vehicles.

FinancialCapabilityValue 3.0Jun 19, 2023CesiumAstro Awarded a Contract by U.S. Air Force to Demonstrate SATCOM Terminal on MQ-9A Aircraft

The $3,600,000 award supports the Department of Defense’s need for enhanced, higher-throughput connectivity aboard airborne vehicles.

FinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 18, 2023CesiumAstro awarded million$ USAF contract to demo SATCOM on MQ-9A Reaper

Umbra is working with the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Defense on providing SAR capabilities to the warfighter and taxpayers.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 16, 2023Despite growing interest in commercial satellite data, industry faces uncertainty

The $3,600,000 award supports the Department of Defense’s need for enhanced, higher-throughput connectivity aboard airborne vehicles.

FinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 16, 2023CesiumAstro Partners with U.S. Air Force in $3.6M Program to Demonstrate Satellite Communications Terminal on MQ-9A Reaper

Orbital Sidekick has government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the Air Force, and the Space Force.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jun 14, 2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt Satellite

The $10,300,000 U.S. Space Force funding was awarded through the Defense Department’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program to augment the existing commercially-owned, managed, and sustained weather constellation to support weather data-as-a-service use by the military.

FinancialCapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 4.7Jun 14, 2023Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation

Tomorrow.io has received more than $30,000,000 in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense to date.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.5Jun 14, 2023Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation

The draft bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a process to identify and evaluate commercial space situational awareness capabilities and to develop and implement a plan to integrate that data into U.S. Space Force operational systems.

PlanLegalValue 3.5Jun 12, 2023Space domain awareness provisions in draft NDAA proposal

Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.

FinancialGovernanceValue 4.0Jun 12, 2023UPDATE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 dispatched 72 smallsats to orbit including 3 experimental smallsats for Space Systems Command + dozens of additional payloads

The United States Space Force and United States Space Command are directed to develop a plan to expand existing threat-sharing arrangements with commercial space operators that are under contract with the Department of Defense.

PlanLegalGovernanceValue 3.5Jun 12, 2023Space domain awareness provisions in draft NDAA proposal

AWS Modular Data Center enables the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 3.2Jun 12, 2023SES Space & Defense Delivers Satellite Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for the U.S. Department of Defense

STP-CR2301 delivered three experimental Department of Defense satellites to low Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Jun 12, 2023UPDATE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 dispatched 72 smallsats to orbit including 3 experimental smallsats for Space Systems Command + dozens of additional payloads

AWS Modular Data Center enables the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 10, 2023SES Delivers Satellite-Powered Network Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for U.S. Department of Defense

The U.S. Department of Defense objected to Ligado’s 2020 FCC approval over warnings that the network would disrupt services supporting national security, civil aviation, and other sectors.

LegalGeneralValue 4.0Jun 9, 2023Iridium calls on US to follow Canada’s Ligado rejection

AWS Modular Data Center makes it easy for the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Jun 8, 2023SES Space & Defense Delivers Satellite Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for the U.S. Department of Defense

Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.

FinancialLegalGeneralValue 4.0Jun 8, 2023Space Systems Command assigns 12 missions for National Security Space Launch Phase 2 FY23 Order Year

Satellite communications comprise about $850,000,000 in projected commercial contracts per year across the Department of Defense.

FinancialGeneralValue 3.0Jun 6, 2023Space Force opens new office to foster ties with private sector

Sedaro has won nearly $3,000,000 in small business research awards from the Defense Department and NASA.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.2Jun 5, 2023Digital twins gaining traction in military satellite programs

The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) might utilize Oversight’s space-based object tracking capability to provide enhanced situational awareness.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0May 30, 2023BAE Systems to develop autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA
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