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Tomorrow.io has received more than $30,000,000 in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense to date.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation

The $10,300,000 U.S. Space Force funding was awarded through the Defense Department’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program to augment the existing commercially-owned, managed, and sustained weather constellation to support weather data-as-a-service use by the military.

Mentioned as: the defense departmentTechnical ProductJun 14, 2023Tomorrow.io raises $87 million for weather satellite constellation

Orbital Sidekick has government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the Air Force, and the Space Force.

Mentioned as: United States Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt Satellite

The draft bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a process to identify and evaluate commercial space situational awareness capabilities and to develop and implement a plan to integrate that data into U.S. Space Force operational systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 12, 2023Space domain awareness provisions in draft NDAA proposal

The United States Space Force and United States Space Command are directed to develop a plan to expand existing threat-sharing arrangements with commercial space operators that are under contract with the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 12, 2023Space domain awareness provisions in draft NDAA proposal

AWS Modular Data Center enables the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023SES Space & Defense Delivers Satellite Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for the U.S. Department of Defense

Space Systems Command manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2023UPDATE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 dispatched 72 smallsats to orbit including 3 experimental smallsats for Space Systems Command + dozens of additional payloads

The U.S. military has several cooperation and intelligence sharing agreements with allies that do not usually apply to acquisition programs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 12, 2023U.S. defense companies find roadblocks in selling space technologies to allies

STP-CR2301 delivered three experimental Department of Defense satellites to low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 12, 2023UPDATE: A SpaceX Falcon 9 dispatched 72 smallsats to orbit including 3 experimental smallsats for Space Systems Command + dozens of additional payloads

AWS Modular Data Center enables the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2023SES Delivers Satellite-Powered Network Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for U.S. Department of Defense

The O3b mPOWER system is scheduled to be introduced later 2023 and is designed to deliver connectivity services ranging from tens of megabits to multiple gigabits per second for DoD customers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 10, 2023SES Delivers Satellite-Powered Network Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for U.S. Department of Defense

The U.S. Department of Defense objected to Ligado’s 2020 FCC approval over warnings that the network would disrupt services supporting national security, civil aviation, and other sectors.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2023Iridium calls on US to follow Canada’s Ligado rejection

The Government Accountability Office released its annual assessment of Pentagon procurements on 2023-06-08 that examined 101 of the Pentagon’s largest programs.

Mentioned as: PentagonTechnical ProductJun 8, 2023GAO flags concerns about Space Force satellite procurements

AWS Modular Data Center makes it easy for the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy modular data centers managed by Amazon Web Services in infrastructure-limited locations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023SES Space & Defense Delivers Satellite Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for the U.S. Department of Defense

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

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Space Systems Command assigns 12 missions for National Security Space Launch Phase 2 FY23 Order Year

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, won the Service Academy Award in NASA’s 2023 Student Launch challenge.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 6, 2023NASA names the winners of the 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition

Satellite communications comprise about $850,000,000 in projected commercial contracts per year across the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialJun 6, 2023Space Force opens new office to foster ties with private sector

Sedaro has won nearly $3,000,000 in small business research awards from the Defense Department and NASA.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 5, 2023Digital twins gaining traction in military satellite programs

GAO made two recommendations to DoD: assess the number of satellites necessary to meet operational needs and either develop a sound business case for the M-code-capable Increment 2 handheld or do not initiate the effort.

Mentioned as: DoDTechnical ProductJun 5, 2023U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): GPS Modernization

The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) might utilize Oversight’s space-based object tracking capability to provide enhanced situational awareness.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMay 30, 2023BAE Systems to develop autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA
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