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Congress has authorized the Office of Strategic Capital and the Department of Defense is seeking $144,000,000 for the program in fiscal year 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2024DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital

The Department of Defense included the $144,000,000 request for the Office of Strategic Capital in its budget proposal sent to Congress on 2024-03-11.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative FinancialMar 11, 2024DoD unveils investment strategy for its Office of Strategic Capital

WGS-12 will serve as a second Protected Wideband Satellite for the U.S. military, expanding anti-jam tactical communications capacity for U.S. warfighters and allies to operate in multiple contested theaters.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanMar 8, 2024Boeing Awarded WGS-12 Communications Satellite Production Contract from U.S. Space Force

BlackSky Technology Inc. won a multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to collect and annotate thousands of BlackSky multi-frame burst images to train moving target artificial intelligence models for commercial motion imagery.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2024BlackSky wins multi-million$ contract from the DoD

Muon Space designed MuSat2 to use signals of opportunity from GPS and other satellites to produce high-gain, dual-polarization, bi-static radar measurements for Department of Defense customers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2024Muon Space Confirms Successful Deployment and Operational Status of Weather Satellite

The Department of Defense emphasized the importance of securing critical space-based missions in its Space Policy Review and Strategy.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 4, 2024Taking stock of the US space program

BlackSky Technology Inc. won a multi-million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to collect and annotate thousands of multi-frame burst images to train moving target artificial intelligence models for commercial motion imagery.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2024BlackSky Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract in Support of U.S. Department of Defense Moving Target Study

The Department of Defense is planning a multi-orbit architecture that includes satellites in low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, geostationary orbit, and highly elliptical orbit for missile detection and tracking.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 4, 2024L3Harris’ sensor satellite for medium Earth orbit constellation passes review

ACMI plans to establish a Space Systems Campus that incorporates an applied research facility partnered with academic institutions, state and local government, the Department of Defense, and regional economic development organizations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2024NASA Chooses ACMI as its Second Approved Exploration Park Facility

The Pentagon's space policy is coordinating the document detailing potential partnerships between the Space Force and the commercial space industry.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 27, 2024Space Force to lean on private sector for space tracking data

US military officials describe space as a warfighting domain where military and commercial satellites face threats including jamming, cyberattacks, and kinetic anti-satellite weapons.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 26, 2024Review: The Battle Beyond

The forum brought together more than 140 space experts from all five branches of the Defense Department, multiple combatant commands, and partner nations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 26, 2024Space capabilities highlighted in 2nd annual CENTCOM Theater Space Forum

SPACECENT’s Guardians provide a range of capabilities that Defense Department and partner-nation attendees learned about at the forum.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 26, 2024Space capabilities highlighted in 2nd annual CENTCOM Theater Space Forum

The authors detail a symbology for depicting space assets and threats based on Defense Department standards, which some material may better serve as an appendix.

Mentioned as: Defense DepartmentTechnical ProductFeb 26, 2024Review: The Battle Beyond

The Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation was conceived in 1973 as a Pentagon effort to develop precision navigation and timing for military operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2024The race to back up vulnerable GPS

Ed Spitler joined Artel in 2001 and served as program director for multiple critical DOD and Department of State programs.

Mentioned as: dodNarrative GovernanceFeb 20, 2024SSPI names the new inductees for the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame in 2024

Ed Spitler served as a Cryptographic Telecommunications and Systems Specialist in the military before working with the US Department of Defense Contractor.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2024SSPI names the new inductees for the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame in 2024

Pony Express 2 will be joined by additional satellites launched later to form Lockheed Martin’s Space-Augmented Joint All-Domain Operations Environment (SAJE) to support the Department of Defense’s CJADC2 vision.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanFeb 19, 2024Lockheed Martin’s Pony Express 2 Mission Satellites Ready For Launch

The Space Development Agency is building a proliferated mesh network of satellites in low Earth orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2024Lockheed Martin ramping up small satellite production

The Department of Defense will use a common set of data to adjust and modify capabilities for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 16, 2024US Department of Defense Launches Five Missile Tracking Satellites Designed by L3Harris
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