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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BlackSky won a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity agreement with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) valued at $241,000,000 to create and optimize data sets for the U.S. Department of Defense.
L3Harris won a $700,000,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to produce 14 satellites to launch in 2025.
The 28 infrared-sensing satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 1 will be part of a global network the Pentagon will use to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
The Department of Defense Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office have reviewed the base selection process at the request of Colorado lawmakers.
ALL.SPACE opened a Washington, D.C. office to accelerate growth in the U.S. market and to position the U.S.-based team close to military proving grounds, the U.S. Capitol, and the Pentagon.
Before the sale to SES, DRS Global Enterprise Solutions was a business unit of Leonardo DRS and one of a handful of network integrators that provide managed satcom services to the Defense Department and other government agencies.
SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. developed strong relationships with the Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial space entities.
X-Bow Systems will test its additively manufactured solid propellant technology on a second mission sponsored by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Department of Defense Innovation Unit.
The defense bill provides $100,000,000 for tactically responsive launch, a Congress-directed program that the Department of Defense has not previously funded.
The Department of Defense’s February 2022 report committed to strengthening oversight of industry mergers amid concerns that corporate consolidation is undermining U.S. competitiveness.
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense spending bill recommends a $792,000,000,000 budget for the Department of Defense.
The Senate appropriations report directs the Department of Defense to invest in technologies to reach and operate in cislunar space beyond Earth orbit.
L3Harris built five missile-detection satellites under Pentagon contracts that are projected to launch in 2023.
A more robust infrastructure in geostationary orbit would help support Department of Defense operations beyond Earth orbit into the cislunar domain.
The Senate Armed Services Committee directs the Defense Business Board and the Defense Innovation Board to review the Department of Defense acquisition process for space programs in its proposed 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
U.S. defense discretionary funding for fiscal year 2023 provides $761,600,000,000 for the Department of Defense, an increase of $32,000,000,000 above 2022 funding.
Tracking Layer satellites should provide greater fidelity against targets than Defense Department missile-defense satellites in geostationary orbit about 22,0 m above the equator.
U.S. Space Command is a combatant command the Pentagon re-established in 2019 to oversee military operations in the space domain.
Dedrone operates in 36 countries and works with four G-7 governments and nine U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.
The House NDAA includes space-related amendments adopted on 2022-06-23 by the House Armed Services Committee that increase funding for space launch and require the Pentagon to stand up a "tactically responsive space" program focused on rapid launch of small satellites.