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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Heidi Shyu wants the panel to address how the Department of Defense should acquire commercial space services such as satellite-based communications and Earth imaging.
As use of commercial space rises, threats must be evaluated and mitigated to ensure the Department of Defense does not become overly dependent on capabilities that may not be available during armed conflict.
Prior to China’s 2007 anti-satellite test, Pentagon thinking favored making satellites as capable as possible to minimize the number that needed to be launched.
The U.S. Department of Defense released a 174-page 2022 report titled Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China on 2022-11-29.
The Pentagon requested $139,000,000 for MEO missile-warning satellites in the 2023 budget.
The Pentagon is requesting funding for as many as four medium Earth orbit missile-warning satellites to be launched from 2026 to 2028.
Congressional committees in markups proposed increases of anywhere from $100,000,000 to $300,000,000 above the Pentagon’s request to speed up deployment of the medium Earth orbit constellation.
The Pentagon requested $139,000,000 for medium Earth orbit missile-warning satellites in the 2023 budget.
Boeing attributed Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s third-quarter nearly $3,000,000,000 losses to poor-performing Pentagon programs and the long-delayed Starliner capsule.
Boeing engineers demonstrated a new technology that can prevent jamming attempts on U.S. Department of Defense satellite communications (SATCOM).
Terran Orbital intends to produce satellite buses ranging from 150 to 500 kg to compete for Defense Department, U.S. intelligence agencies, and NASA contracts.
The X-37B spaceplane is a derivative of the X-37A that NASA designed in the late 1990s to deploy from the Space Shuttle, and the program later was transferred to the Department of Defense.
Three-year-old NXT Communications secured a deal last year with L3Harris Technologies to deliver electronically steered antennas (ESAs) in the first quarter of 2022 to support U.S. Department of Defense warfighters.
Space Policy Directive-3 directs the Department of Commerce to provide a basic level of space situational awareness for public and private use based on the space catalog compiled by the Department of Defense.
Arkisys won Pentagon Defense Innovation Unit funding in 2020 to study small, uncrewed space stations in low Earth orbit.
Tetra-1 will help U.S. Space Force operators develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for Department of Defense missions.
The Department of Defense’s priorities in the 2022 National Defense Strategy are defending the homeland paced to the growing multi-domain threat posed by the PRC; deterring strategic attacks against the United States, Allies, and partners; deterring aggression while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary with priority on the PRC in the Indo-Pacific and Russia in Europe; and building a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem.
The Department of Defense released an unclassified National Defense Strategy on 2022-10-27.
The Pentagon plans to increase its use of commercial space services and considers compensating companies for damages to their spacecraft during armed conflicts.
Red Cat Holdings and Teal Drones are recognized as vital partners to the U.S. defense forces in creating advanced unmanned aircraft.