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 requested $14,100,000,000 for space in its fiscal year 2020 budget documents.
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Defense Department to consider developing a dedicated workforce for space acquisitions.
The Department of Defense requested $9,600,000,000 for cyber in its fiscal year 2020 budget documents.
The Department of Defense requested $14,100,000,000 for space in 2020.
Pentagon budget documents allocate about $1,700,000,000 of space investments to launch.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan established the Space Development Agency as a separate organization within the Department of Defense in a 2019-03-12 memo.
The Department of Defense requested $149,800,000 for the Space Development Agency in its budget for fiscal year 2020.
Mike Griffin characterized the Space Development Agency as a new capability with new functions intended to provide capacities the Department of Defense cannot perform now.
To staff U.S. Space Command in fiscal year 2020, the Defense Department will transfer 587 military personnel and civilians from the National Space Defense Center, the Joint Force Space Component Command, the Joint Navigation Warfare Center, and other organizations.
The Department of Defense detailed a five-year plan to establish a Space Force of 15,000 members at an annual cost of about $500,000,000.
Within the $750,000,000,000 request, the administration sought $576,000,000,000 for the Pentagon’s baseline budget, $165,000,000,000 in OCO funds, and $9,000,000,000 in emergency funds for disaster relief and partial funding of a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
The Department of Defense planned to request $149,000,000 for the Space Development Agency in fiscal year 2020.
Of the $750,000,000,000 defense request, $718,000,000,000 is for the Department of Defense and $32,000,000,000 is for national security programs performed by the Department of Energy’s nuclear laboratories and other agencies.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Defense have established and implemented plans to mitigate potential gaps in weather satellite data.
The Department of Defense is seeking congressional approval to establish a U.S. Space Force as a sixth branch of the U.S. military under the Department of the Air Force.
Congress added $600,000,000 to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2018 budget for procurement of WGS-11 and WGS-12.
EELV dates back to August 1994 when President Bill Clinton signed a National Space Transportation Policy assigning responsibility for expendable launch vehicles to the Department of Defense.
The 2019 NDAA directs the Department of Defense to pursue a strategy that includes fully or partially reusable launch systems.
The 2019 NDAA directs the Department of Defense to continue developing a process to evaluate and certify launch vehicles using previously flown components or systems.
The Pentagon requested congressional authorization and $72,000,000 in 2020 to establish a Space Force headquarters in the Pentagon under the Department of the Air Force.