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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Skydio X2 is NDAA compliant and a trusted UAV solution for the US Department of Defense.
Ovzon secured a renewed contract valued at a total of $14,600,000 with the United States Department of Defense through the US service provider Intelsat General Corporation.
The customized X-SAT bus for Blackjack will include electric propulsion, a robust power system, command and data handling, RF communications, and dedicated payload interfaces capable of hosting several different Department of Defense payloads.
Firefly Black provides launch services to the Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and civil space customers seeking small-to-medium launch solutions for up to ten metric tons of payload to low Earth orbit.
TriSept Corporation primarily serves commercial and U.S. government customers including the Department of Defense, NASA, and the National Reconnaissance Office, and supports classified payload missions.
Language adopted by the Senate in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 requires the Director of National Intelligence, Department of Defense, Air Force, and Space Force leaders to submit a plan for establishing an element of the intelligence community within the United States Space Force.
The Pentagon identifies the Department of Defense as a key agency in implementing and achieving the nation’s goals in the space domain.
AIDN works with State bodies and Federal government departments, including the Department of Defence and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
During his tenure from December 2001 through March 2005, Peter B. Teets was designated as the first-ever Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space with responsibility for developing, coordinating, and integrating plans and programs for space systems.
Gilat Satellite Networks’ subsidiary Wavestream received a multi-million-dollar order from a customer to support a U.S. Department of Defense military communications program.
The company has received a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Air Force and a classified Pentagon contract.
The Fiscal Year 2021 NDAA requires the Department of Defense to provide an acquisition strategy for space systems by 2021-05-15.
Altavian is one of five drone manufacturers approved by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Blue sUAS program.
Space Systems Command will include the Commercial Satellite Communications Office, a group based in the Washington, D.C. area that manages Defense Department procurement of commercial satcom.
The Pentagon has shown growing interest in monitoring objects in the region between Earth and the Moon, including the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHIPS) experimental spacecraft mission being developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The V-BAT is currently deployed in various areas of operation around the world in support of the U.S. Department of Defense.
S. 4827 would codify elements of Space Policy Directive 3, the policy signed in June 2018 that directs the Department of Commerce to take over civil STM responsibilities from the Department of Defense.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Defense Department’s inclusion of $71,400,000 for the ESS program in the 2021 budget request.
The Defense Department’s 2021 budget request includes $71,400,000 for the ESS program.
The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency issued a solicitation for launch services for 28 satellites and requested bidders to provide a delivery-on-orbit service that requires the contractor to determine the number of launches needed to meet SDA requirements.