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The draft of Space Policy Directive-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a budget request for the new service to be included in the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget blueprint.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2018Pence: Trump determined to get Space Force authorized by Congress next year

The draft of Space Policy Directive-4 directs the Department of Defense to take actions under existing authority to marshal its space resources into a Space Force and to craft a legislative proposal to establish a Department of the Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2018Pence: Trump determined to get Space Force authorized by Congress next year

Section 1608 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act prohibited the Defense Department from awarding or renewing EELV contracts for rockets using engines designed or manufactured in the Russian Federation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2018Military launch poised for new era as Air Force prepares to move beyond EELV

A draft of Space Policy Directive-4 requires the Department of Defense to submit a legislative proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget by 2018-12-01 recommending establishment of a Space Force as a separate branch of the armed forces.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2018Pence: Trump determined to get Space Force authorized by Congress next year

President Trump ordered the Department of Defense in June 2018 to start organizing a Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2018National Space Council votes unanimously to send Space Force proposal to Trump

President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on 2018-06-18 to set up a Space Force but has not yet signed Space Policy Directive-4 to lay out the steps ahead.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The draft SPD-4 directs the Pentagon to form a Space Development Agency in fiscal year 2019 and specifies that the SDA would be organized under the Department of Defense until the Department of the Space Force is formed.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The draft SPD-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a legislative proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget by 2018-12-01 recommending that a Space Force be formed as a separate branch of the armed forces.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The draft SPD-4 directs the Defense Department to take actions under existing authority to marshal its space resources into a Space Force and to craft a legislative proposal to establish a Department of the Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The Department of Defense has begun work on the legislative proposal to establish a Space Force with a senior-level committee led by Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The draft SPD-4 directs the Department of Defense to submit a budget request for the new Space Force to be included in the president’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

Once SPD-4 is signed, the Department of Defense would have 30 days to identify the resources to establish Space Force components and 45 days to develop an operating model and structure for the Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2018Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch

The EMSS contract serves an unlimited number of Defense Department and other federal government subscribers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2018FIRST UP Satcom | Intelsat invests in AMN • Iridium gets $44 million DISA contract extension • NSR finds slow growth in satellite operator revenues

The U.S. military has lagged behind Russia in understanding cultural components of populations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 17, 2018Intelligence official: ‘Incredibly powerful insight’ drawn from open source data

The Space and Missile Analysis Group is part of the intelligence community and supports the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2018The next battleground: What do we really know about what adversaries do in space?

Congress passed a law in 2015 prohibiting the Pentagon from launching satellites on vehicles that use the Russian RD-180 engine.

Mentioned as: the pentagonTechnical ProductOct 17, 2018ULA CEO Bruno: New competitors in military launch market ‘good for the country’

President Trump announced his intent to create a Space Force at the council’s third public meeting on 2018-06-18 at the White House and directed the Department of Defense to begin the process to establish a Space Force as a sixth branch of the armed forces.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2018Space Force to be the topic of next National Space Council meeting

Congress inserted $73,000,000 into the Pentagon’s 2019 budget to start work on a Space Sensor Layer program.

Mentioned as: the pentagonTechnical ProductOct 12, 2018Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?

The Pentagon is currently focused on the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, affecting future space funding allocations.

Mentioned as: The PentagonTechnical ProductOct 10, 2018Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan hints at future shifts in space investments

The Department of Defense faces challenges in determining architectures and systems engineering for leveraging commercial space achievements.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2018Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan hints at future shifts in space investments
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