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 Commercial Satellite Communications Office is considering options to procure services from emerging low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit providers, while the Department of Defense continues to primarily rely on geostationary satellites.
The NDAA requires the Department of Defense report to include a potential investment strategy for operationalizing commercial satellite communication capabilities using non-geostationary orbit satellites across each military department.
Tracking Layer Tranche 1 had not yet been funded in the Pentagon’s budget at the time of the draft solicitation.
The NDAA requires the Department of Defense to submit a report on future plans to invest in launch providers that can provide fast-response services during emergencies or conflicts.
The NDAA directs the Department of Defense to report back on plans to use non-geostationary orbit commercial satellite communications capabilities and to accelerate integration of those capabilities into military networks.
The compromise National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 included a provision directing the Department of Defense to identify Space Force programs that could be declassified or have their classification lowered.
The NDAA directs the Department of Defense to submit details of the pricing terms of NSSL missions awarded to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contract to defense committees.
The NDAA directs the Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office to procure launch services through the NSSL program whenever possible rather than using commercial contracts to buy services directly from providers.
The bipartisan compromise bill released by the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on 2021-12-07 directs the Department of Defense to report back on future investments in space launch capabilities and commercial space technologies.
Under the contract option executed in November, BAE Systems will manufacture Common GPS Modules for future ground, airborne, and weapon GPS receivers for the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies.
The Department of Defense requested $936,700,000 in 2022 for the Space Development Agency, about a $600,000,000 increase from 2021.
BAE Systems received a Defense Department contract on 2021-12-06 to qualify a new version of integrated circuit chips for use in space electronics.
The Space Development Agency is working with Congress and the Department of Defense comptroller to explore options, including anomaly funding, to allow Tranche 0 launches and Tranche 1 procurements to proceed under an extended continuing resolution.
Vulcan is slated to replace United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket because the Department of Defense cannot procure Atlas V beyond 2022 due to its use of Russian-built RD-180 engines.
Under the contract option executed in November, BAE Systems will manufacture Common GPS Modules for future ground, airborne, and weapon GPS receivers for the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies.
Congress directed the Pentagon in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 to establish a new office to oversee space policy and authorized the position of assistant secretary of defense for space policy as the senior civilian with oversight of national security space issues.
The Department of Defense seeks agreement by all nations to refrain from antisatellite weapons testing that creates debris.
Mike Griffin advocated increasing production of U.S. hypersonic rounds by a factor of 10 from a baseline of two rounds per month that U.S. military services were on track to produce when he left the Department of Defense.
President Biden nominated William LaPlante on 2021-11-30 to be the Department of Defense’s top procurement official.
For 2022 the Pentagon budget includes $3,800,000,000 for hypersonic weapons research, up from $3,200,000,000 the previous year.