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The Space Development Agency has been created with special authorities to acquire and test technologies with reduced acquisition red tape.
The Pentagon requested $150,000,000 for the Space Development Agency for fiscal year 2020.
The Space Development Agency was stood up on 2019-03-12 and is led by former DARPA official Fred Kennedy.
The Space Development Agency was created one month before 2019-04-09.
The Space Development Agency will focus on developing and delivering the next generation of space-based communications and Earth observation.
Patrick Shanahan argued that establishing a Space Force, a U.S. Space Command, and a Space Development Agency is necessary to stay ahead of adversaries advancing their space capabilities.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson challenged the Space Development Agency's plan on 2019-04-09.
The Space Development Agency will work with existing providers including the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Army’s and Navy’s space procurement offices.
The Space Development Agency expressed uncertainty whether payload builders can deliver 200 infrared cameras at production cadence for a hypersonic tracking layer.
The Space Development Agency plans to identify commercial vendors producing hundreds or thousands of satellites and procure a couple hundred satellites off commercial production lines.
The Space Development Agency plans to hire about 20 people in the current fiscal year focusing on technically sophisticated space personnel.
Mike Griffin and Fred Kennedy recommended that the Space Development Agency build a large constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit described as a proliferated LEO transport layer.
The Space Development Agency does not plan to attempt to replace the Space and Missile Systems Center immediately and considers any replacement discussion relevant to 2030 or 2040.
The Space Development Agency plans to change how the U.S. military develops and acquires space systems.
Fred Kennedy, Director of the Space Development Agency, is scheduled to speak at the 35th Space Symposium on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The Space Development Agency expects bus manufacturers to be able to provide on the order of 200 satellite vehicles for an initial production cadence.
The Pentagon requested $15,000,000 in 2020 for a space-based discrimination assessment for the Space Development Agency.
The Pentagon plans to stand up a Space Development Agency in 2020 under the authority of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
The Pentagon requested $10,000,000 in 2020 for commercial procurement of space situational awareness services and launch of small satellites in low Earth orbit for the Space Development Agency.
The Pentagon requested $30,000,000 in 2020 for LEO missile warning ground integration for the Space Development Agency.