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 Department of Defense’s budget request for fiscal year 2023 includes $500,000,000 for the Tracking Layer.
Viasat is working with the Department of Defense to support development of advanced communications and enable concepts of operations for warfighters.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee added $30,000,000 to the Department of Defense’s $124,000,000 request for NSSL research and development projects to be done in partnerships with domestic launch providers.
The defense funding bill provides $761,600,000,000 for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023.
Viasat Inc. received an award from the U.S. Department of Defense through the Information Warfare Research Project to conduct research on the use of 0.005 kg to support communications for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations.
Congress inserted $550,000,000 into the Pentagon’s 2022 budget to speed up the Tracking Layer project.
The $761,600,000,000 fiscal year 2023 Defense Department funding level is less than the $773,000,000,000 requested by the Biden administration.
The award to Viasat from the Department of Defense was announced on 2022-06-15 in Carlsbad, California.
Atlas Space Operations won its first Department of Defense contract in 2018 to provide satellite communications for a U.S. Air Force Academy satellite.
Momentus conducted months of work to implement a National Security Agreement overseen by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Treasury and worked with the FAA, FCC, and NOAA to obtain necessary government licenses, determinations, and approvals to conduct the Vigoride flight.
Atlas Space Operations received a Defense Innovation Unit contract on 2022-06-08 to demonstrate a hybrid network linking Department of Defense, civil government, and commercial satellites.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Aeronix, Inc. were selected to build a secure, connective networking layer in space to help enable the U.S. Department of Defense joint force vision.
Ovzon expects its other critical SaaS solutions provided to the U.S. Department of Defense to be renewed later in 2022.
The SATCOM-as-a-Service renewal does not include other critical SaaS solutions that Ovzon provides to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Lawmakers are proposing to increase funding for responsive launch to $150,000,000 in the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2023 budget.
Congress added $50,000,000 to the Pentagon’s 2022 budget for responsive launch services from commercial small satellite launchers.
The Space Systems Command rolled out a new process on 2022-05-26 to assess the cybersecurity of commercial satellite operators that do business with the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense must deploy resilient systems of multiple satellites instead of singular, large satellites.
In 2020, the Department of Defense selected L3Harris to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to reduce the time required to extract usable intelligence from data collected from space and airborne assets.
L3Harris Technologies has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to deliver artificial intelligence services to improve intelligence gathering and collaboration across the defense and intelligence communities.