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Shanahan’s staff on 2018-11-29 sought advice from the DoD Standards of Conduct Office regarding the proposed meeting with Elon Musk.
Guard units are trained in Title 32 status so the Department of Defense would not incur additional costs for that training when those units operate in Title 32 status.
The STP-2 mission will deliver 23 satellites to space on the Department of Defense’s first Falcon Heavy launch.
Iridium received a separate Defense Department contract renewal worth up to $54,000,000 to upgrade a government-dedicated ground station in Hawaii.
Upgrades to the Department of Defense gateway should enable the gateway to support Iridium’s Certus connectivity products by 2020.
Stephen Kitay emphasizes that the Department of Defense must transform its approach to space into a warfighting domain.
On 2019-04-09 the U.S. Department of Defense signed a one-month, $8,300,000 extension to bridge to a new multi-year EMSS agreement with Iridium.
The Department of Defense wants space to remain free from conflict but must be prepared to address challenges.
Stephen Kitay has pitched the Pentagon’s Space Force proposal to congressional committees.
The Department of Defense proposes to place the Space Force under the Department of the Air Force to minimize administrative costs.
Iridium provides unlimited voice and data satellite communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense through a five-year EMSS contract awarded in late 2013.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $10,000,000 for commercial procurement of space situational awareness capabilities and launching LEO smallsats.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $15,000,000 for a space-based interceptors study.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $15,000,000 for a space-based discrimination assessment.
Mike Griffin advocated tapping the commercial space sector’s investment in satellite manufacturing, ground systems, and launch vehicles to develop proliferated constellations for Department of Defense use.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $15,000,000 to develop transport layer architecture and standards.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $30,000,000 for LEO missile warning ground integration.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $85,000,000 for space technology development and prototyping.
The Space Development Agency’s proposed transport layer would be used to develop Department of Defense capabilities including positioning, navigation and timing; low-latency targeting; and detection and tracking of ballistic and advanced missile threats.
The Department of Defense budget request for the Space Development Agency included $20,000,000 to develop the LEO sensor network.