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Anduril is supplying sub-20-inch diameter rocket motors to several other Department of Defense programs and customers.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2024Anduril gets $19 million contract to develop solid rocket motors for U.S. Navy

Iridium won the 2019 Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) contract to provide Department of Defense users worldwide access to Iridium’s satellite network with unlimited voice calls and narrowband data transmissions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2024New direct-to-cell satellite tech could disrupt billion-dollar military satcom programs

PATS will involve hosted payloads on commercial and U.S. military satellites and will include software and hardware for both ground- and space-based systems that employ Department of Defense-developed encrypted signals.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductJun 8, 2024Boeing and Northrop Grumman competing for Space Force Program

The U.S. Defense Department assessed that Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that is likely a counter-space weapon, that the satellite is in the same orbit as U.S. government satellites, and that its characteristics resemble counter-space payloads deployed in 2019 and 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2024Boeing and Northrop Grumman competing for Space Force Program

Iridium has worked with the Department of Defense EMSS Program Office for over 20 years providing sustainment and security enhancements for EMSS.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2024Iridium awarded 5 year contract by USSF’s SSC

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body is associated with the Department of Defense program for digitally securing the $768,000,000,000 defense industrial base that protects 3.2 percent of the United States’ Gross Domestic Product and national security.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductJun 6, 2024Retired U.S.A.F. Colonel Karlton Johnson named CEO of the National Space Society

The Iridium EMSS program delivers global unlimited secure and standard narrowband voice, broadcast, push-to-talk, and select additional services to an unlimited number of U.S. Department of Defense and DoD-approved subscribers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2024Iridium awarded 5 year contract by USSF’s SSC

The Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program provides communication services to the Department of Defense and approved users through Iridium’s satellite network.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2024Iridium secures $94 million U.S. Space Force contract for satellite communications support

The DIU is an organization within the U.S. Department of Defense established to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology solutions into the U.S. military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 4, 2024Arkisys Applique mission aboard LizzieSat-1 supported by DIU funding

Iridium Communications secured a new five-year contract valued at $94,000,000 with a potential total value of $103,000,000 to provide communication support services to the U.S. Department of Defense on 2024-06-04.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2024Iridium secures $94 million U.S. Space Force contract for satellite communications support

Airbus US Space and Defense, based in Arlington, Virginia, is a partner to Aalto and works directly with the U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government customers to address connectivity and remote sensing needs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2024Aalto gets $100 million for high-altitude pseudo satellites

The West Virginia Small Satellite Center at West Virginia University is one of eight teams selected to work with NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative and the U.S. military as part of the 2024 Mission Concept University Nanosat Program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 3, 2024West Virginia University’s West Virginia Small Satellite Center Team awarded nanosat grant

The contract provides for performing research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, maintenance, support, systems engineering, and/or sustainment for the Department of Defense’s Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction objectives.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 1, 2024Defense Threat Reduction Agency contracts for combating weapons of mass destruction

In 1961, Kennedy pressured the Department of Defense to enforce equal opportunity regulations and promote racial integration.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 28, 2024Ed Dwight: The first Black astronaut?

The bill establishes a program called the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to allow the Department of Defense to sign agreements with commercial companies that would commit to providing satellite capacity or other services to the military during conflicts.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2024House Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill

The 2024-10-01 NDAA authorizes $850,000,000,000 for the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMay 23, 2024House Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill

iDirect Government’s 0.005 kg co-channel solution is intended to provide a critical capability to Department of Defense users who experience 0.005 kg co-channel interference.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 22, 2024iDirect Government to build 5G co-channel interference mitigation prototype for DIU

GPS was established decades ago to provide position, navigation and timing (PNT) for the U.S. military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 22, 2024Beames is TrustPoint’s new executive chairman

The Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to foster partnerships between established defense contractors and smaller, emerging businesses to help them expand their footprint in the defense industry.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMay 22, 2024DoD extends Sidus Space + L3Harris Mentor-Protégé Program

Companies eligible for CASR must provide products or services that the military identifies as essential for operations and demonstrate capacity to support the Department of Defense under potential wartime scenarios.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 19, 2024Pentagon to forge deeper ties with space industry in ‘first-of-its-kind’ program
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