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For 2020, the Department of Defense requested $306,000,000 and 827 positions to begin creating the new space organizations.
The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2020 Pentagon budget request seeks funding for a Space Force, U.S. Space Command, and a Space Development Agency.
A new military service, a combatant command, and a Space Development Agency collectively would increase the Department of Defense’s costs by up to $1,900,000,000 annually, according to CBO.
The Department of Defense requested $1,400,000,000 for satellite communications in its 2020 budget, focused mainly on next-generation military payloads, ground systems, and satcom terminals.
A group of 43 former Defense Department, Air Force, and intelligence officials signed an open letter expressing strong support for establishing the U.S. Space Force.
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched three technology demonstration satellites for the U.S. Defense Department on 2019-05-05.
By law, the Department of Defense will not be allowed to buy Atlas 5 launches after 2022-12-31.
Mark Warner warned that regardless of reorganization, the National Reconnaissance Office will have to collaborate more closely with the Department of Defense as space becomes more militarized and adversaries threaten U.S. satellites.
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan seeks authorization for the Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. military in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Pentagon floated a $2,000,000,000 five-year cost estimate for the Space Force.
The National Reconnaissance Office was established in 1961 as a joint intelligence community and Department of Defense organization to develop, launch, and operate signals, imagery, and communications satellites.
The Pentagon revealed on 2019-03-13 that the Space Development Agency had been officially created.
The Pentagon’s budget request for 2020 includes $149,000,000 for the Space Development Agency.
Acquisition processes in the DoD need to accept uncertainty as a part of doing business, instead of treating it as an anomaly.
Lt. Gen. David Thompson remarked that it is premature to determine which telecom companies will be the best choices for the DoD.
Christensen advocated for flexible procurement methods within the DoD to accommodate the successes and failures of the space industry.
Christensen suggested that the DoD must adapt its traditional approach to working with private sector space startups.
Wallis Laughrey, vice president of space systems at Raytheon, stated that a Space Force could better align contractors with Department of Defense (DoD) space needs.
Lt. Gen. David Thompson noted that the DoD space community has been too insular for a long time and needs to acknowledge the upcoming growth in commercial space.
SpaceX launched two Starlink prototypes in February 2018 and has been testing them since, including with the U.S. Department of Defense.