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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Leaders of the House Armed Services Committee are raising concerns about the Defense Department’s plan to procure space launch services beginning in 2025.
The Pentagon’s proposed five-year budget for fiscal years 2024–2028 includes $1,000,000,000 of investments in federal spaceport infrastructure.
The Department of Defense Space Test Program provides space access solutions for non-DoD auxiliary payloads seeking launch opportunities on DoD missions.
Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.
Most of the Department of Defense’s ground-based radars can only track objects larger than 0.1 m in diameter in low Earth orbit.
Most of the Department of Defense’s ground-based radars can only track objects about 1 m in diameter in geostationary Earth orbit.
Astra Space won a task order worth $11,500,000 to launch experimental payloads for the Defense Department’s Space Test Program.
The United States Department of Defense is working on new policies and strategies to remove barriers to information sharing and plans to implement changes 2023.
The Office of Space Commerce is leading efforts to establish a civil space traffic management capability to take over from the Department of Defense.
Comtech will deliver CDM-780 modems to satellite operators and to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall submitted a legislative proposal to Congress on 2023-04-12 to allow selected Pentagon programs to start before final appropriations are passed.
Any Department of Defense organization can procure launch services from Rocket Lab through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Solutions Catalog following the prototype’s success.
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Space Force have created an ecosystem of organizations that fund research and prototyping projects, including the Defense Innovation Unit, SpaceWERX, AFWERX, and the Space Enterprise Consortium.
BRIDGES aims to provide companies that demonstrate innovation and value to the Department of Defense the means to obtain a facility clearance and interact directly with DoD customers at classified levels.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics (Leidos) to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Orbital Sidekick has government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.
WGS provides the Department of Defense with a broad majority of tactical communications traffic through the constellation.
DoD organizations can procure launch services from Rocket Lab via DIU’s Solutions Catalog due to the prototype’s success.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Orbital Sidekick has secured government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.