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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Kayhan Space developed a collision-avoidance software platform that automatically tells a client satellite how to maneuver to avoid a threat and has over a dozen customers and Department of Defense small-business research grants but no government contracts to buy the service.
An Air Force Space Command memo in 2019 directed the Department of Defense to use the term space domain awareness to convey that the military views space as a domain of war similar to sea, air, and land.
The Pentagon’s 2019 Missile Defense Review added a new layer of satellites and decided to invest in a low Earth orbit network of space sensors to track hypersonic missiles fielded by Russia and China.
The Department of Defense created the Space Development Agency in 2019 to field a missile-tracking network using large numbers of smaller, cheaper satellites in lower orbits.
The U.S. Department of Defense issued guidance on 2022-09-12 allowing contracting officers to consider granting relief in fixed-price contracts based on specific circumstances.
Sierra Space signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Transportation Command on 2022-09-08 to develop concepts for using Dream Chaser space planes and Shooting Star cargo modules for timely global delivery of Department of Defense logistics and personnel.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves presented the memorandum of agreement between the Departments of Commerce and Defense at the 2022-09-09 National Space Council meeting at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The NASEM panel did not endorse the approaches used by the Department of Defense to test interference for future use.
The GAO recommended that the intelligence community and the Department of Defense establish clear roles and responsibilities for acquiring commercial satellite imagery.
Each Saturn-class bus includes advanced electric propulsion, a power system, command and data handling, radio frequency communications, and dedicated payload interfaces capable of hosting several different Department of Defense payloads.
A major U.S. Department of Defense organization deployed XipOS 6.3 and drastically increased throughput to improve user experience in encrypted environments.
DoD Directive 3100.10 replaces a previous Department of Defense space policy document that was issued in 2012 and updated in 2016.
The UK Space Power doctrine highlights the UK-US military space alliance as a critical relationship for accessing various space services.
The Air Force qualification campaign will seek to demonstrate that Hadley operates safely and reliably within the power level and mixture ratio required for missions of Department of Defense interest.
The U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, and NASA are all developing concepts for nuclear-powered spacecraft.
Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt will take a senior post at Space Force headquarters at the Pentagon.
Planck Aerosystems has worked with customers from the U.S. Department of Defense, security agencies, allied governments, and offshore industrials to develop unmanned aircraft solutions.
The Department of Defense awarded BlueHalo Titan Defense a $24,000,000 contract to procure multiple Titan counter-unmanned aerial systems.
DARPA selected performers from academia and from large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving first-time Department of Defense contracts.
DARPA selected teams from academia and from large and small commercial companies for Phase 1 of Space-BACN, including multiple performers receiving Department of Defense contracts for the first time.