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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

Maj. Gen. John Shaw's memo directs all space organizations in the Air Force to adopt the term SDA effective immediately.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

Maj. Gen. John Shaw, the deputy commander of Air Force Space Command, wrote a memo on October 4 emphasizing the need for SDA.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

The Air Force Space Command introduced the term Space Domain Awareness (SDA) as a replacement for Space Situational Awareness (SSA).

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

The memo states that AFSPC personnel will replace SSA with SDA in all future documents and infuse it into doctrine.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

SDA is defined in the memo as the identification, characterization, and understanding of any factor associated with the space domain that could affect space operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralNov 14, 2019Air Force: SSA is no more; it’s ’Space Domain Awareness’

Derek Tournear was named permanent director of the Space Development Agency on 2019-10-28.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

In a draft fiscal year 2021 budget proposal under review by Department of Defense leaders, the Space Development Agency seeks nearly $11,000,000,000 over five years to plan, design, and deploy large constellations of satellites for military use.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

The Space Development Agency will accelerate the acquisition of space systems partly by using commercially developed technology.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative PlanOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

Congress had not yet approved the Pentagon’s requested 2020 funding for the Space Development Agency because federal spending bills for 2020 had not been passed.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

The Space Development Agency was established in March 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

One goal of the Space Development Agency is to deploy large numbers of low-orbiting satellites as a proliferated low Earth orbit constellation equipped with sensors to detect hypersonic missiles and other advanced weapons.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

The Pentagon’s 2020 budget requested nearly $150,000,000 for the Space Development Agency, including $44,700,000 for personnel, $20,000,000 for space research and development, and $85,000,000 for space technology prototyping.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyNarrative FinancialOct 28, 2019Derek Tournear named permanent director of the Space Development Agency

Fred Kennedy estimated that Space Development Agency funding needs on the order of $1,000,000,000 to $3,000,000,000 per year and referenced a $10,600,000,000 figure over five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Technical ProductOct 22, 2019Former SDA boss Fred Kennedy answers the questions we’ve waited months to ask

Fred Kennedy helped draft the memo establishing the Space Development Agency prior to Mike Griffin tapping him to lead the organization.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 22, 2019Former SDA boss Fred Kennedy answers the questions we’ve waited months to ask

The Army will work with the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency, which plans to develop a large communications constellation in LEO known as a transport layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 15, 2019Army eyes commercial megaconstellations to support its future battlefield network

In March, the Pentagon formally established the Space Development Agency to develop, demonstrate, and experiment with technologies and architectures aimed at leapfrogging current space systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Time is ripe for entrepreneurs to partner with U.S. national security space groups, says Fred Kennedy

Fred Kennedy formerly directed DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office prior to taking the helm at the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyOrg RelationshipOct 10, 2019Time is ripe for entrepreneurs to partner with U.S. national security space groups, says Fred Kennedy

The Space Development Agency splits its five-year budget into $582,000,000 in baseline funding for studies and roadmaps and $10,600,000,000 for research, development, prototyping, testing, and deployment of satellite constellations called layers.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductOct 6, 2019Space Development Agency lays out five-year plan in $11 billion proposed budget

The House Appropriations Committee reduced the Space Development Agency’s 2020 personnel funding request to $26,800,000 and cut the prototyping technology request to $35,000,000 while fully funding the $20,000,000 request for R&D.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 6, 2019Space Development Agency lays out five-year plan in $11 billion proposed budget

The Space Development Agency requests $18,000,000 in 2021 and $232,000,000 over five years for a custody layer to track targets on the ground.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipOct 6, 2019Space Development Agency lays out five-year plan in $11 billion proposed budget
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