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The U.S. Army intends to test commercial systems before committing to a multibillion-dollar acquisition program.
The U.S. Army signed a three-year agreement with SpaceX on 2020-05-20 to experiment with using Starlink broadband to move data across military networks.
An agreement signed with SpaceX on 2020-05-20 gives the U.S. Army three years to try out the Starlink service.
The Blackjack program awarded a Small Business Innovation Research contract to Augustus Aerospace to work on an Army Space and Missile Defense Command payload.
A survey of Army space officers found that most would consider transferring to the Space Force if that were an option.
The survey indicated that 89% of respondents would be willing to transfer to the Space Force if the Army transfers most existing space capabilities but maintains SSEs, I2CEWS, and similar formations.
Another officer stated that the Air Force values higher education more than the Army for promotion boards.
Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson indicated that the Space Force will not engage with the Army and Navy until an eligibility process is developed.
The Army Space Personnel Development Office represents FA40s in the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, based in Huntsville, Alabama.
The survey was conducted in March by the Army Space Personnel Development Office.
Another officer considers a pure space environment more desirable than the current Army structure.
The survey indicated that 85% of respondents would be willing to transfer to the Space Force if the Army maintains the majority of its space capabilities and formations.
Most of the FA40s who would volunteer to leave the Army and join the Space Force are majors and captains.
A typical Army brigade has over 2,500 GPS-enabled devices and over 250 satellite communications enabled devices.
The Army claims to be the military's biggest consumer of space-based services.
The Space and Missile Systems Center plans to order as many as 1,500 Block 1 modems for the Air Force and the Army in the coming years.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded contracts each worth up to $500,000,000 to Raytheon and L3Harris to develop and produce cyber secure satellite communications modems for the Department of the Air Force and the Army.
The National Guard's 2020 funding for space operations includes $71,000,000 for 1,100 personnel assigned to Air National Guard units and $5,000,000 for 152 personnel from the Army National Guard.
The People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force was established in 2015.
There are currently 24 Army officers and 14 Navy officers assigned to the U.S. Space Force headquarters.