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The Department of Defense requested $2,600,000,000 for hypersonic weapons technology in its fiscal year 2020 budget documents.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMar 14, 2019Shanahan pitches Space Force in Senate testimony

The Department of Defense requested $14,100,000,000 for space in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMar 13, 2019GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan established the Space Development Agency as a separate organization within the Department of Defense in a 2019-03-12 memo.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 13, 2019Shanahan officially establishes the Space Development Agency

DoD officials estimated on 2019-03-01 that a Space Force would have an annual cost of $500,000,000 and about 15,000 personnel, including a headquarters of about 1,000 personnel.

Mentioned as: DoDTechnical ProductMar 13, 2019HASC Chairman: Trump’s Space Force proposal ‘too expensive’

The Department of Defense requested $149,800,000 for the Space Development Agency in its budget for fiscal year 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 13, 2019Shanahan officially establishes the Space Development Agency

Mike Griffin characterized the Space Development Agency as a new capability with new functions intended to provide capacities the Department of Defense cannot perform now.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 13, 2019Griffin: Space Development Agency to bring new capabilities that don’t exist today

Pentagon budget documents allocate about $1,700,000,000 of space investments to launch.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 13, 2019GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments

The Air Force share of DoD space investments is $10,300,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMar 13, 2019GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments

To staff U.S. Space Command in fiscal year 2020, the Defense Department will transfer 587 military personnel and civilians from the National Space Defense Center, the Joint Force Space Component Command, the Joint Navigation Warfare Center, and other organizations.

Mentioned as: Defense DepartmentTechnical ProductMar 12, 20192020 Budget: Pentagon requests $14.1 billion for space

The Department of Defense planned to request $149,000,000 for the Space Development Agency in fiscal year 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force

The Department of Defense detailed a five-year plan to establish a Space Force of 15,000 members at an annual cost of about $500,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force

Of the $750,000,000,000 defense request, $718,000,000,000 is for the Department of Defense and $32,000,000,000 is for national security programs performed by the Department of Energy’s nuclear laboratories and other agencies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force

Within the $750,000,000,000 request, the administration sought $576,000,000,000 for the Pentagon’s baseline budget, $165,000,000,000 in OCO funds, and $9,000,000,000 in emergency funds for disaster relief and partial funding of a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Trump’s 2020 budget increases defense spending by 5 percent, funds Space Force

The Department of Defense is seeking congressional approval to establish a U.S. Space Force as a sixth branch of the U.S. military under the Department of the Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2019Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to step down

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Defense have established and implemented plans to mitigate potential gaps in weather satellite data.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanMar 8, 2019GAO takes weather satellite program off watch list

Congress added $600,000,000 to the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2018 budget for procurement of WGS-11 and WGS-12.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMar 7, 2019Air Force prepares to launch WGS-10 as negotiations with Boeing continue over future satellites

The 2019 NDAA directs the Department of Defense to pursue a strategy that includes fully or partially reusable launch systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 3, 2019EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’

The 2019 NDAA directs the Department of Defense to continue developing a process to evaluate and certify launch vehicles using previously flown components or systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 3, 2019EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’

EELV dates back to August 1994 when President Bill Clinton signed a National Space Transportation Policy assigning responsibility for expendable launch vehicles to the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 3, 2019EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’

The Pentagon asked Congress to grant the secretary of defense special authorities over five years to move resources into the Space Force, similar to authorities used in 1947 to form the Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 2, 2019Defense officials: New military branch designed for the ‘unique culture’ of space
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