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 $10,500,000,000 allocated for the Department of Defense includes $1,000,000,000 for the Defense Production Act to increase access to materials necessary for national security and pandemic recovery.
The Pentagon ordered contracting officers to increase progress payments to suppliers during the COVID-19 national emergency.
A 90 percent progress payment rate means the Department of Defense will reimburse $900,000 if $1,000,000 in expenses are submitted on a program.
Virgin Orbit's work developing and operating its flexible, responsive space launch system for customers including NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense has been deemed an essential service and exempted from many 'Safer at Home' restrictions.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord issued a 2020-03-20 memo requiring Defense Department contractors in aerospace, manufacturing, and intelligence to continue working during the coronavirus emergency.
The Department of Defense offered the Department of Health and Human Services up to 2,000 deployable ventilators.
The office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration is working with the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency on a separate report due to Congress in September 2020 explaining how multiple organizations that currently oversee missile-warning satellite programs plan to synchronize efforts.
The Pentagon’s 2020 budget includes $182,000,000 for a new NASIC headquarters building at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Isotropic Systems won a U.S. Defense Department contract but is prohibited from identifying the specific agency, dollar value, or work to be completed.
The 2021 budget requests $116,000,000 for Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) to develop an open-architecture ground command and control system for Department of Defense satellites.
The law requires the Department of Defense to submit a report 2020-03 with recommendations on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force.
The Space-Track database maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense showed on 2020-03-04 that the NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft remained in orbit.
The Trump administration transferred money from existing Air Force space programs to fund the Space Force 2021 request rather than adding $15,400,000,000 in new Pentagon funds.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $288,000,000 for Space Development Agency technology projects.
Maj. Gen. John Pletcher rolled out the Space Force 2021 funding request at a 2020-02-10 briefing at the Pentagon.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $48,000,000 for Space Development Agency operations.
The U.S. Department of Defense is expected to deliver a report to Congress on 2020-03-19 with recommendations on creating a Space National Guard or a dedicated reserve component.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget request includes $1,500,000,000 for GBSD engineering and development.
The new Department of Defense AI principles were developed from an ethics framework based on the U.S. Constitution, the laws of war, international treaties, and longstanding norms and values.
The Department of Defense requires AI capabilities to be designed and engineered to fulfill intended functions while possessing the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences, including the ability to disengage or deactivate deployed systems that demonstrate unintended behavior.