The U.S. Navy plays a crucial role in the space industry through Naval Space Command (NAVSPACECOM). NAVSPACECOM is tasked with developing space capabilities to provide the Navy with global communications, targeting, and reconnaissance using space-based assets. They advocate for space-based capabilities and integrate them into maritime operations, working with partners like the U.S. Space Command to ensure maritime operations are supported by space assets. The Navy also has a history of contributing to manned spaceflight programs, including astronaut recovery and the development of satellite technology for navigation and communication.
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The Naval Research Laboratory identified Moskva as a specific ship by its radar emissions.
Reid Mayo headed the part of the Naval Research Laboratory that developed the POPPY satellites.
The Naval Research Laboratory later detected a submarine using space-based signals intelligence.
Reid Mayo’s 1981 interview about the Naval Research Laboratory’s signals intelligence work was classified top secret until it was declassified in March 2026.
The Naval Research Laboratory designed, built, and operated POPPY signals intelligence satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Boresight Pty Ltd's military customers include 11 Western armed forces, including the Australian Defence Force, British Army, Canadian Armed Forces, New Zealand Defence Force, United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force, and the Dutch, Italian, and Finnish armies.
The MACH-TB program is executed in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to accelerate hypersonic flight tests and advanced aerospace technologies for defense missions.
The NASA Space Geodesy Project developed the LRA in collaboration with the Naval Center for Space Technology at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.
The Ocius Bluebottle has been designated as a Navy-registered vessel.
Varda Space Industries returned a U.S. Navy research payload on its W-5 mission.
Ingalls Shipbuilding has a long-standing relationship with the U.S. Marine Corps as a builder of amphibious warships for the U.S. Navy.
The Test Resource Management Center’s MACH-TB 2.0 initiative involves the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division.
The EDIM modems are intended to replace aging Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems used by Army, Navy, and Air Force satcom operators.
DARTE was a joint mission involving NZDF Defense Science & Technology, the New Zealand Defence Force, the Royal New Zealand Navy, and Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora suborbital spaceplane.
Varda Space Industries’ W-5 mission returned a U.S. Navy payload from orbit in February 2026.
Hugh Wyman Howard III is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who served in the military for 32 years and at one point was director of operations of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
The Spanish Navy operates a laser in San Fernando for space debris tracking.
The Lockheed Martin contract modification funds Phase IV B tooling and test equipment to increase LRASM production capacity to meet Navy requirements.
Dan Jablonsky began his career as a surface warfare officer and nuclear engineer in the U.S. Navy.
Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng were the Shenzhou 7 crew introduced on the Chunwan stage dressed in navy blue spacesuits and waving a national flag carried back from orbit.