All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The Space Development Agency’s annual funding would range from $120,000,000 to about $200,000,000.
The Department of Defense expected to request approximately $270,000,000 in its fiscal year 2020 budget to stand up a Space Force headquarters, a Space Development Agency and U.S. Space Command.
The Department of Defense would request $120,000,000 in the fiscal year 2020 budget for the Space Development Agency.
CAPE wrote that the fiscal year 2020 budget includes resources to start a preliminary headquarters, begin work at the Space Development Agency and establish a U.S. Space Command.
Some critics of the Space Development Agency within the Air Force question creating a new agency when other Department of Defense organizations such as the Space RCO already develop space technologies.
Patrick Shanahan requested that the Space Development Agency be set up by 2019-03-29.
Patrick Shanahan directed Michael Griffin to submit a plan by 2019-03-01 to stand up the Space Development Agency no later than 2019-03-29.
The Department of Defense is committed to creating a Space Development Agency as a joint organization like the Strategic Capabilities Office to rapidly develop and field the next generation of space capabilities.
The DARPA Tactical Technology Office study team has 60 days to complete the task of mapping a concept for the Space Development Agency.
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, to lead a study team to develop recommendations for implementing the Space Development Agency.
The 2018-08-09 report tasked the Space Development Agency with developing and fielding eight capabilities described as the DoD Space Vision, including persistent global surveillance for advanced missile targeting and alternate positioning, navigation, and timing for a GPS-denied environment.
The Space Development Agency was first mentioned in an 2018-08-09 report mandated by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.
A DARPA spokesman stated that the Space Development Agency study is led by Mike Griffin and that the makeup of the team working with Fred Kennedy on the study was not yet known as of 2018-12-17.
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy to lead a study team for the implementation of the Space Development Agency in a 2018-12-06 memo titled "Space Development Agency Study Team Direction and Tasking."
The 2018-12-06 memo on the Space Development Agency study was sent to the secretaries of the military services, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, and the director of the National Reconnaissance Office.
The Department of Defense plans to stand up the Space Development Agency to develop and acquire space technologies.
The Department of Defense planned to stand up the Space Development Agency in early 2019.
The study to define an initial portfolio for the Space Development Agency was to be completed by early 2019.
In September, Shanahan announced that the Space Development Agency will support rapid product development.
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan expects the new Space Development Agency to be in place in the first quarter of 2019.