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Congress has mandated the Department of Defense to produce the annual "Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China" report since 2000 to inform U.S. policy debates about China’s military growth and modernization.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2023In annual report to Congress, Pentagon highlights China’s ‘refusal to engage’

L3Harris received two Department of Defense contracts worth as much as $134,000,000 to update portions of the DoD’s Space Domain Awareness mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialOct 19, 2023L3Harris to advance DoD’s SDA mission

The Pentagon’s 2023 report assesses that China’s narrowing space capabilities increase the possibility that China could gain an advantage in a future conflict by attacking American satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2023In annual report to Congress, Pentagon highlights China’s ‘refusal to engage’

The Department of Defense states that Chinese military leaders have rejected attempts to improve radio communications protocols and to agree to rules of behavior for air and maritime encounters with U.S. forces in the Pacific region.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2023In annual report to Congress, Pentagon highlights China’s ‘refusal to engage’

KBR received the task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract vehicle.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 18, 2023KBR awarded million$$ contract to provide innovative solutions for DoD

KBR was awarded a $75 million, five-year recompete task order to perform research and analysis addressing the Department of Defense critical technology areas of advanced materials, trusted artificial intelligence and autonomy, and renewable energy generation and storage.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialOct 18, 2023KBR awarded million$$ contract to provide innovative solutions for DoD

AnySignal aims to expand its engineering and sales teams to increase production and environmental testing capacity, improve security compliance for Department of Defense contracting requirements, and seed development of additional products.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanOct 17, 2023Space radio developer AnySignal emerges from stealth

Mission Multiplier provides IT engineering, cybersecurity, consulting, staffing, and managed services to the Department of Defense, federal agencies, the Armed Forces, aerospace, aviation, and other commercial entities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2023All Points Logistics parnters with Xceptional to bring MARS suite to the market

The Department of Defense classifies non-traditional contractors to include small businesses exempt from DOD cost-accounting requirements, firms that perform contracts only under commercial procedures, and firms that work only under firm-fixed-price contracts.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2023Riverside Research to develop software to analyze space objects in congested orbits

Ligado’s lawsuit alleges the Department of Defense has been using L-band frequencies without providing compensation.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductOct 13, 2023Ligado sues US government for using its roadblocked 5G spectrum

Ligado Networks filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on 2023-10-13 suing the U.S. government for derailing its wireless network plans so the company’s assigned spectrum could be used for Department of Defense systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2023Ligado sues US government for using its roadblocked 5G spectrum

Kymeta’s military-focused Osprey u8 GEO terminal was launched in March 2022 and is currently in use by multiple branches of the United States Department of Defense in ongoing conflicts.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 11, 2023Kymeta Launches Multi-Orbit, On-the-Move Flat-Panel Antenna for Military Applications

Space Systems Command manages a $15,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative FinancialOct 10, 2023SSC taking applications for Project Apollo to accelerate advances in SDA

Phase 1.0 of TraCSS is scheduled to be ready in September 2024 and will duplicate current Defense Department offerings with an improved conjunction scanning frequency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

The Defense Department plans to release a high-accuracy catalog of data to the Office of Space Commerce every four hours starting in spring of the next year.

Mentioned as: the defense departmentNarrative PlanOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

Phase 1.0 of TraCSS will scan for conjunctions every four hours, which is twice the current frequency of the Defense Department.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

The Defense Department continues to issue a growing number of conjunction warnings to satellite operators due to an increase in the number of satellites and debris in Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

The Defense Department is providing the Office of Space Commerce with better space situational awareness data as part of the transition effort.

Mentioned as: Defense DepartmentOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

The Office of Space Commerce is making progress on setting up a system to take space situational awareness data from the Defense Department and other sources to warn satellite operators.

Mentioned as: Defense DepartmentOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2023Getting a new civil space traffic management system on track

In 2017, Space Systems Command established the Space Enterprise Consortium to connect the Department of Defense with a network of innovators across emerging technology fields for research and development of space-related prototypes.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 8, 2023Riverside Research leading three organizations on DEEP-SDA prototype project
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