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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Space Systems Command will use market research from the RFI to draft funding requirements for the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Mark Dankberg has participated on Department of Defense advisory panels.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in a 2022-01-31 letter asked House defense appropriators to add $50,000,000 to the Pentagon’s 2022 budget for tactically responsive space launch.
The 2022-01-31 letter requests that the $50,000,000 be included in the final fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense appropriations bill during negotiations with the Senate.
The Defense Department’s office of operational testing and evaluation will assess the U.S. Global Positioning System as an enterprise that includes the GPS constellation in orbit, the ground control system, and the devices used to receive GPS data.
Rhea Space Activity develops adaptive optics systems to support U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community reconnaissance activities.
Orbital Micro Systems will perform market research for the Department of Defense regarding the potential to export its technology portfolio to countries that have signed defense cooperation treaties or agreements with the United States.
INTEGRASYS aims to strengthen its relationships next year with integrators that supply the U.S. Department of Defense to provide more accurate link budget technology.
The Defense Exportability Features (DEF) program develops and incorporates technology protection features into designated systems during their research and development phases to enhance coalition interoperability, decrease costs to the Department of Defense and partner nations, and improve the international competitiveness of U.S. defense systems.
The National Security Space Launch program provides assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads and supports the full range of government mission requirements while delivering schedule reliability and cost savings over heritage launch systems.
The Space Force operates the military’s satellite systems and provides space-based services including communications, navigation, weather, and missile warning to the Defense Department and allied partners.
Viasat’s large-aperture antennas are designed to support Department of Defense communication initiatives.
The Space Development Agency is developing a low Earth orbit data transport layer intended to be part of the larger Department of Defense and possibly commercial satellite architecture.
The missile warning, tactical ISR, and space data transport architecture designs will be reviewed by the Department of the Air Force and Defense Department leadership with the goal of funding new systems in the fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Kate Zimmerman joins HawkEye 360 from Amazon Web Services, where she managed a Machine Learning Solutions Lab division serving Intelligence Community and Department of Defense customers.
The Space Force plans to select one or more vendors to build an electro-optical infrared weather system in low Earth orbit for the Defense Department.
AECOM plans to utilize the approved BVLOS waiver for a wide area mapping project launched by the Department of Defense.
Under the continuing resolution, the Department of Defense would be limited to three launch services—the same number as fiscal year 2021—while it was planning to procure five.
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency provides geospatial intelligence, defined as data derived from overhead satellites, to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and homeland security agencies.
The Government Accountability Office noted that the Department of Defense did not take action to implement the 2016–2018 analysis recommendations.