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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Congress directed U.S. Air Force Space Command to assume responsibility for the procurement of commercial satellite communications services for the Department of Defense no later than December 2018.
The Pentagon has recommended standing up a new Space Development Agency to take over development of next-generation space systems and work more closely with the commercial space industry.
The Department of Defense seeks flexibility to buy commercial satcom from many vendors and does not want to commit to a single provider.
The NSA-certified Mini Crypto device is available for immediate purchase across all U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Government organizations.
Viasat’s Mini Crypto devices are designed for embedment on U.S. Department of Defense small form factor systems.
With funding from DARPA and the Air Force, the Blackjack program will develop and demonstrate technical elements for a global high-speed network platform in low Earth orbit to enable highly networked, resilient, and persistent Department of Defense payloads.
President Trump set a $700,000,000,000 ceiling for the national defense budget in fiscal year 2020 while the Pentagon had projected a $733,000,000,000 topline.
The Pentagon has recommended establishing a Space Development Agency to focus on technology procurement and delivering systems to combat forces more rapidly than the traditional system.
President Trump ordered the Department of Defense to establish a Space Force in June 2018.
President Trump ordered the Department of Defense in June 2018 to start organizing a Space Force.
Section 1608 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act prohibited the Defense Department from awarding or renewing EELV contracts for rockets using engines designed or manufactured in the Russian Federation.
The draft of Space Policy Directive-4 directs the Department of Defense to take actions under existing authority to marshal its space resources into a Space Force and to craft a legislative proposal to establish a Department of the Space Force.
A draft of Space Policy Directive-4 requires the Department of Defense to submit a legislative proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget by 2018-12-01 recommending establishment of a Space Force as a separate branch of the armed forces.
The draft of Space Policy Directive-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a budget request for the new service to be included in the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget blueprint.
Congress inserted $73,000,000 into the Pentagon’s 2019 budget to get a space sensor program started.
The draft SPD-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a legislative proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget by 2018-12-01 recommending that a Space Force be formed as a separate branch of the armed forces.
The Department of Defense has begun work on the legislative proposal to establish a Space Force with a senior-level committee led by Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
The draft SPD-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a budget request for the new Space Force to be included in the president’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2020.
The draft SPD-4 directs the Defense Department to take actions under existing authority to marshal its space resources into a Space Force and to craft a legislative proposal to establish a Department of the Space Force.
Once SPD-4 is signed, the Department of Defense would have 30 days to identify the resources to establish Space Force components and 45 days to develop an operating model and structure for the Space Development Agency.