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 Department of Defense will work to maintain space superiority, provide space capabilities to U.S. and allied forces, and ensure stability in space.
The Department of Defense released a strategy document on June 17 addressing the implications of the new space race for national security.
The Defense Space Strategy provides guidance to the Department of Defense for achieving desired conditions in space over the next 10 years.
The Department of Defense released an updated Defense Space Strategy on 2020-06-17 that replaces the 2011 space strategy issued during the Obama administration.
The Phase 2 competition will award two contracts in the summer of 2020 to launch Department of Defense and intelligence agency satellites starting in 2022.
Congress directed the Department of Defense to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by 2022-10-01.
The Department of Defense has committed to transferring the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by 2022-10-01.
Optical communications terminals with satellite-to-satellite optical crosslinks are planned for use in Department of Defense low Earth orbit constellations to enable immediate data transfer from space to military command centers on the ground.
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is designing a medium-field-of-view satellite layer that has not yet been funded.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget did not include funding for the HBTSS space sensor layer.
The Pentagon and other government agencies opposed the FCC’s 2020-04-20 ruling on Ligado’s use of L-band spectrum on the grounds that the network will interfere with the Global Positioning System.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act required the Pentagon to submit a report with recommendations on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force.
The Pentagon completed the report required by the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force but had not yet sent the report to Congress.
The Federal Communications Commission defended its 2020-05-27 decision to approve Ligado Networks’ use of a portion of the L-band spectrum despite opposition from the Pentagon and other government agencies.
The Department of Defense has led a campaign opposing Ligado’s 0.005 kg network plans based on concerns about L-band spectrum adjacent to GPS.
The Space Development Agency was established a year ago to speed up the use of commercially developed space technology by the Department of Defense.
Data Link Solutions received a $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract on 2020-05-19 to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals through mid-2025.
Viasat received a $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract on 2020-05-19 to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals through mid-2025.
The Government Accountability Office identified approximately 60 organizations across the Department of Defense, the White House, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies that oversee military space.
Mike Griffin, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, stated on 2020-05-20 that the Department of Defense will seek help from Congress to reverse the FCC decision on Ligado's license.