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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Gen. John Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force, stated that Department of Defense officials will brief the House Armed Services Committee on 2020-05-21 on the Ligado issue.
A 2016 Government Accountability Office study found fragmentation and overlap in Department of Defense space acquisition management.
Congress directed the Department of Defense to produce a plan to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by October 2022.
The Space Development Agency was created by the Department of Defense in March 2019.
Barbara Barrett opposes a Defense Department proposal that would delay transferring the Space Development Agency to the Space Force until October 2022.
The Space Development Agency is selecting contractors to build a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed broadband and other services to the Department of Defense.
On 2020-05-18, Isotropic Systems announced a contract with the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.
Chris Inglis retired from the Department of Defense in 2014 after more than 41 years of federal service.
The satellite hacking challenge is used by the Department of Defense to raise cybersecurity awareness in space systems.
The Department of Defense would intervene if a U.S. company that develops technology of great value to the military were being targeted by foreign buyers.
The Department of Defense aims to increase cybersecurity awareness in the commercial industrial base that works with defense and intelligence organizations.
The Department of Defense is working with the White House and plans to work with Congress on commercial space companies that face bankruptcy.
The Pentagon has raised concerns that China could acquire distressed space companies with technologies relevant to national security.
The House Armed Services Committee asked each of the five FCC commissioners to confirm that they received a briefing from the Department of Defense on the classified test data contained in the Department of Transportation Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment from April 2018.
The DoD Space Test Program STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space in 2017 and was scheduled to launch in 2019.
The Department of Defense was under the impression that the FCC would deny Ligado’s license modification request prior to the 2020-04-20 decision.
Deputy Chief Information Officer Frederick Moorefield participated in the Pentagon’s 2020-05-06 briefing and described the interagency review process that began in 2015 after Ligado first submitted its proposal to the FCC.
The Department of Defense received a draft of the FCC’s order in October and immediately rejected the draft.
The Pentagon will formally appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s unanimous 2020-04-20 approval of Ligado’s proposal to create a cellular network by repurposing a portion of radio spectrum adjacent to GPS.
ManTech developed a Cyber Range in 2009 for the Department of Defense.