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Defense Department officials are designing a "space sensor layer" to deploy sensors in low-Earth orbit to detect and track dim hypersonic glide vehicles that cannot be detected with current ground radar or missile-warning satellites in geostationary Earth orbit.
The Pentagon approved a $500,000,000 spending ceiling for SpEC as the total prototype throughput of the agreement over five years.
The Air Force Space Enterprise Consortium was established in 2017 and given authorities to kick-start projects with less red tape than traditional Pentagon contracting.
The Pentagon is finalizing a proposal for the establishment of a United States Space Force as a sixth military branch.
The National Space Council has been coordinating with the Department of Defense on the legislative proposal.
Vice President Mike Pence was briefed on the Space Force proposal at the Pentagon.
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, to lead a study team to develop recommendations for implementing the Space Development Agency.
President Trump directed the Defense Department to establish U.S. Space Command as a four-star combatant command.
Vice President Mike Pence will visit the Pentagon 2018-12-17 to discuss the space reorganization.
President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense to establish a U.S. Space Command as a unified combatant command.
A 2018-12-18 presidential memo instructed the Pentagon to establish a United States Space Command as a functional Unified Combatant Command and directed the Secretary of Defense to recommend officers for nomination and Senate confirmation as Commander and Deputy Commander of the new command.
Virgin Orbit is preparing to launch a small satellite for the Department of Defense in 2019.
The DoD Space Vision capabilities listed in the 2018-08-09 report include persistent global surveillance for advanced missile targeting; indications, warning, targeting and tracking for defense against advanced missile threats; alternate PNT for a GPS-denied environment; global and near-real time space situational awareness; development of deterrent capability; responsive, resilient, common ground-based space support infrastructure; cross-domain, networked, node-independent battle management command, control and communications including nuclear C3; and highly-scaled, low-latency, persistent, AI-enabled global surveillance.
The space governance committee is overseeing a Department of Defense space reorganization to comply with President Trump’s directive to establish a new military branch.
The 2018-08-09 report tasked the Space Development Agency with developing and fielding eight capabilities described as the DoD Space Vision, including persistent global surveillance for advanced missile targeting and alternate positioning, navigation, and timing for a GPS-denied environment.
Congress in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act directed Air Force Space Command to take over responsibility for procurement of commercial satcom services for the Department of Defense by 2018-12-12.
Lockheed Martin and Boeing merged their launch businesses and created United Launch Alliance (ULA) in 2006, which then owned the U.S. military launch market exclusively until SpaceX sued the government in 2014 to be allowed to compete.
The Pentagon is working with the White House on a legislative proposal for organizing military space that will be submitted to Congress with the fiscal year 2020 budget.
Congress passed legislation in 2016 requiring the Air Force to develop domestic alternatives to the RD-180 and prohibiting the Pentagon from signing contracts for Atlas V launches after 2022.
The 2018-12-07 continuing resolution does not apply to the Defense Department and several other agencies that already have fiscal year 2019 spending bills approved.