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U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

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The Space Development Agency, the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Space Force, and the National Reconnaissance Office are seeking to deploy proliferated constellations in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductAug 19, 2021Space surveillance sensor supplier Geost acquired by private equity firm

Northrop Grumman developed an infrared camera called the Prototype Infrared Payload (PIRPL) that is flying on the NG-16 Cygnus for the Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductAug 10, 2021Antares launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft

The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency will use PIRPL to test technologies for future missile tracking satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative PlanAug 10, 2021Antares launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft

PIRPL was procured under a $13,800,000 contract from the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipAug 9, 2021DoD experiment flying to International Space Station to collect data for missile-tracking sensors

Mobius Parsons Solutions (MPS) Joint Venture, a partnership between Parsons Corporation and Mobius Consulting, LLC, was awarded a $567,000,000 contract by the Missile Defense Agency for the Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support (TEAMS)–Next Systems Test Support contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJul 25, 2021Parsons Parlays AFRL + SDA Interest Into Contract Commitments

Two Missile Defense Agency cubesats launched 2021-06-30 aboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne successfully began communicating with ground stations by 2021-07-12.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJul 12, 2021Missile Defense Agency confirms deployment of cubesats launched by Virgin Orbit

Space Dynamics Laboratory is an integrated member of the Missile Defense Agency team leading the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program and provides experience in space-based infrared sensing phenomenology and sensor systems design, test, and calibration.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyOrg RelationshipJun 21, 2021It’s Silver For Space Dynamics Laboratory Celebrating 25 Years As A Government Research Center

The $15,300,000,000 in proposed 2022 space technology investments includes $400,000,000 for Missile Defense Agency and DARPA RDT&E.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJun 10, 2021Analysis: DoD space budget ‘clear winner’ in 2022 proposal

The Pentagon’s $8,900,000,000 funding request for the Missile Defense Agency includes $292,800,000 for space programs.

Mentioned as: missile defense agencyNarrative FinancialMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking $15,200,000 in 2022 to retire the STSS satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking $260,000,000 for the hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensor (HBTSS).

Mentioned as: missile defense agencyTechnical ProductMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking about $300,000,000 for space sensors in the 2021-10-01 budget request.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Technical ProductMay 30, 2021DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

CesiumAstro has collaborated with the Missile Defense Agency to develop a high-speed missile-to-missile communication system.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyOrg RelationshipMay 26, 2021Airborne and in-orbit communications Leader CesiumAstro, Inc. readies for first mission to launch

CesiumAstro has collaborated with the Missile Defense Agency to develop a high-speed missile-to-missile communication system.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2021Airborne and In-Orbit Communications Leader CesiumAstro, Inc. Readies for First Mission to Launch; Company Wins Swath of Commercial Milestones

When the Missile Defense Agency moved some of its operations from the Washington, D.C. area to Huntsville, it lost 80 percent of its civilian workforce because employees refused to relocate.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductApr 21, 2021Lawmakers continue to question Space Command’s move to Alabama

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman and L3Harris contracts to build sensor satellites to be deployed in low Earth orbit in July 2023.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipMar 1, 2021Space Development Agency experiment to fly on Northrop Grumman’s capsule to space station

The Missile Defense Agency sensor satellites will be part of a larger missile warning network that will include Space Development Agency missile-tracking satellites being developed by L3Harris and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2021Space Development Agency experiment to fly on Northrop Grumman’s capsule to space station

SDA is working with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to build a constellation for detecting and tracking advanced missile threats.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 11, 2021Direct From SmallSat Symposium, Dr. Derek M. Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency, Keynote Address

The Space Development Agency plans to launch 30 satellites in 2022, comprising 20 Transport Layer data-relay satellites, eight missile-warning Tracking Layer satellites, and two sensor satellites from the Missile Defense Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipFeb 11, 2021DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments

The Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency plan to launch a Prototype Infrared Payload made by Northrop Grumman as a medium field-of-view multispectral sensor.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 11, 2021DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments
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