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 Trump administration designated the Department of Commerce in 2018 to take over space traffic management duties from the Department of Defense.
The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency is especially interested in lightweight laser communications terminals for the fleet of LEO satellites it plans to deploy over the next few years.
Viasat’s Link 16 Next-Generation Tactical Data Links product line is designed to meet cryptographic modernization requirements ahead of any Department of Defense mandated timeline.
The Trump administration in 2018 directed the Department of Commerce to provide a basic level of space situational awareness for public and private use based on the Department of Defense space catalog.
Leonor Tomero was sworn in on 2021-01-20 at the Pentagon.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems collectively won 32 percent of all Department of Defense contract obligations in 2019.
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act contains provisions calling for the Department of Defense to use commercial geospatial intelligence data and services.
The executive order directs NASA, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other agencies to collaborate on a common technology roadmap coordinating terrestrial-based advanced nuclear reactor and space-based nuclear power and propulsion efforts through 2030.
SpaceX has been awarded a $150,000,000 contract to launch the U.S. Department of Defense’s first batch of hypersonic missile defense satellites.
The MAGR2K is currently used in 20 different fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms by Department of Defense and foreign military sales customers.
Congress expressed concerns about NC3 cybersecurity in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act and directed the Pentagon to report back by October 2021 on the status of the program.
Congress added $15,000,000 for tactically responsive launch in the 2021 defense spending bill despite no Pentagon request for the program.
The Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community are required to leverage commercial geospatial-intelligence services and acquire domestic commercial satellite imagery as much as practicable.
The Defense Department awarded SpaceX a $150,400,000 contract on 2020-12-31 to launch as many as 28 satellites for the Space Development Agency.
Congress reduced Space Force procurement from the Pentagon’s request of $2,400,000,000 to $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
The coronavirus bill extends Section 3610 authority through March 2021, allowing the Pentagon to reimburse contractors for pandemic-related expenses and to pay companies for work behind schedule due to the pandemic.
Congress passed a $2,300,000,000,000 appropriations package for fiscal year 2021 that provides $696,000,000,000 for the Department of Defense.
Parties included on the Department of Defense’s Section 1237 list of the National Defense Authorization Act will raise a Red Flag under the Export Administration Regulations and require additional due diligence by exporters, re-exporters, or transferors.
Congress increased Space Force RDT&E from the Pentagon’s request of $10,300,000,000 to $10,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
Aerojet Rocketdyne won a Pentagon contract in 2016 to develop the AR1 rocket engine intended to compete for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan main engine role.