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 Golden Eagle is the first drone mass-produced entirely in the U.S. under strict guidelines from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded Orbit Fab a $13,300,000 contract to supply hydrazine to a Defense Department spacecraft in geostationary orbit in 2025.
The Biden administration’s 2023 budget proposal for the Defense Department included $24,500,000,000 for the Space Force.
Data collected by MACH-TB will provide insight to the Department of Defense on technology improvement and capability validation.
The Department of Defense included $4,700,000,000 for missile-tracking satellites in its 2023 budget request, including $140,000,000 for the MEO layer.
The MEO satellites will add a new layer to the Department of Defense’s planned multi-orbit architecture of space sensors.
The Pentagon has committed more than $18,200,000,000 in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including approximately $17,600,000,000 since Russia’s invasion.
Dedrone serves nine U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.
DARPA selected teams from academia and large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving first-time contracts with the Department of Defense.
The backbone of the hybrid network will be the Department of Defense Transport Layer, a constellation to be deployed by the Space Development Agency.
The Iridium network offers global, on-the-move, L-band connectivity for enhanced capabilities meeting Communications Security (COMSEC) requirements for the Department of Defense (DoD).
The Department of Defense cannot purchase Atlas V launches beyond 2022 because of a congressional ban on the use of Russian-built rocket engines.
ORBCOMM’s AIS data will be used in a maritime domain awareness software platform that supports key U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security agencies and U.S. partner nations.
York Space Systems was selected to provide spacecraft for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 0 and Tranche 1.
One U.S. Space Force objective supported by the VICTUS NOX OSP-4 award is supporting Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies with flexible and innovative small launch capabilities.
The Office of Space Commerce has a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Defense announced 2022-09-09 to aid development of civil space traffic management capabilities.
The COFFEE program aims to provide filter technology to improve performance of Department of Defense radio frequency and microwave systems with stringent power and size constraints.
Next-Gen OPIR will be the last GEO missile-warning satellites acquired by the Department of Defense.
The Pentagon plans to end procurements of very large geosynchronous Earth orbit infrared satellites that provide initial warning of ballistic missile launches anywhere on the globe.
NROL-91 carries a national security payload designed, built, and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office to provide intelligence data to senior U.S. policymakers, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Defense.