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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COMSPOC posted on social media on 2022-04-15 that Travis Langster will join the Defense Department as principal director of DoD space policy.
The Department of Defense is spending billions of dollars on missile-warning space sensors located in geostationary and polar orbits.
Space Launch Delta 30’s primary responsibilities include maintaining and operating the Western Range, safeguarding the public, providing mission assurance, ensuring minimal environmental impact, and providing services, facilities, and range safety control for Department of Defense, civil, and commercial launches.
KBR is a Defense Department and NASA contractor with $6,000,000,000 in annual sales.
Winkler will develop strategies for aligning Kratos’ development efforts with U.S. Department of Defense, Congressional, and Executive Branch priorities.
Winkler oversaw U.S. Space Force and Space Command activities, manned and unmanned aviation, and hypersonic/counter-hypersonic weapons development within the Pentagon.
The Defense Innovation Unit is a Department of Defense organization created to bring commercial technologies into military programs and is soliciting bids for satellite refueling solutions.
Northrop Grumman Australia’s sovereign SCS-200 capability provides simple, secure network access for deployed teams and individuals and supports customers such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Home Affairs.
Kathleen Hicks met with approximately 15 space businesses and startups at SpaceWERX to hear about their experiences working with the Department of Defense.
A memorandum of understanding signed late last year expands the strategic relationship between Lockheed Martin and Intel to align 0.005 kg-enabled hardware and software solutions for the Department of Defense.
The National Defense Authorization Act directed the Department of Defense to submit the study report by 2022-03-31.
The Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2023 includes $500,000,000 for the Tracking Layer.
The Pentagon’s proposed 2023 budget includes $314,000,000 for three launches for the Transport Layer.
Congress inserted $550,000,000 into the Pentagon’s 2022 budget to speed up the Tracking Layer after the Pentagon did not request funds for it in 2022.
Current Defense Department missile defense satellites in geostationary and highly elliptical orbits are designed to spot ballistic missiles and determine impact points based on ballistic trajectories.
PTES-over-WGS uses WGS military-unique features and WGS wide bandwidth for PTW spread spectrum hopping to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with fleetwide protected communications anywhere on the globe.
The Pentagon's $773,000,000,000 budget request for fiscal year 2023 includes $24,500,000,000 for the Space Force.
Hughes Network Systems, LLC signed a distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies Inc. to deliver managed LEO services to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Aerospace Corp intends to act as an honest broker to avoid creating hurdles for commercial players that want to work with the Department of Defense.
GovCIO has partnered with Torch.AI to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with AI/ML technology to increase its unstructured data processing.