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The Sidus Space and L3Harris Mentor-Protégé Program agreement will expand Sidus Space’s supplier relationship with L3Harris and strengthen Sidus Space’s ability to provide global customers, including the Department of Defense and other defense agencies, with Space-as-a-Service solutions such as satellite services and space-based data offerings.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNoiseApr 12, 2023Sidus Space + L3Harris Team for DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program

The Mentor-Protégé Program is designed to enhance Sidus Space’s capabilities to operate more effectively within the Department of Defense supplier base.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductApr 12, 2023Sidus Space + L3Harris Team for DoD’s Mentor-Protégé Program

The 2023-03-14 CRS-27 mission also carried a Department of Defense payload, STP-H9, that includes eight spaceflight experiments.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 11, 2023Aegis Aerospace celebrates commercial + DoD payloads in space

SatixFy Communications completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) initiative.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab

The contracted demonstration tested SatixFy’s new antenna for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab

The Department of Defense expects two PTS prototype payloads to be available for launch in fiscal year 2025 as payloads on Boeing’s WGS-11 (hosted) and Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar-HP satellites (free-flyer).

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanApr 9, 2023Northrop Grumman developing military communications satellite for 2025 launch

The Department of Defense is requesting $360,000,000 for the PTS program in fiscal year 2024 and estimates total PTS spending up to $2,400,000,000 by 2028.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2023Northrop Grumman developing military communications satellite for 2025 launch

Congress and the Department of Defense created the U.S. Space Force in 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 6, 2023True Anomaly Emerges from Stealth to Revolutionize Space Security, Stability, and Sustainability

When Tranche 1 is deployed, the Department of Defense will be able to concentrate coverage over some regions but not provide full global coverage.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanApr 5, 2023Space Development Agency’s first satellite launch hailed as model

The Pentagon allocated $700,000,000 in 2023 and $500,000,000 in 2024 to fund a total of 12 Space Development Agency launches.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 5, 2023Space Development Agency’s first satellite launch hailed as model

Redwire will host a Tech Talk titled "Addressing Future Gaps in DoD Space Architectures" on Wednesday, 2023-04-19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 5, 2023Redwire Announces Live Event with MECO Podcast and Full Schedule of Activities at Space Symposium 2023

The Satellite Control Network provides telemetry, tracking, command, communication and control (TT&C3) for more than 170 Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office, civil, and allied satellites.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductApr 3, 2023MTSI Awarded SSC contract in Support of BCS Program

The Department of Defense determined that satellites in low orbit at about 1,0 m above Earth are better positioned to track hypersonic missiles in all flight phases than geostationary satellites at about 37,0 m above Earth.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseTechnical ProductApr 2, 2023SpaceX launches 10 satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency

To receive Attachment 1, Attachment 2, and the Sabre Bidder’s Library, organizations must email osd.pentagon.ousd-r-e.mbx.sda-ps-23-02@mail.mil with the subject line "SDA Sabre Solicitation Attachment Requests".

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 29, 2023SDA posts solicitation for Sabre payloads

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

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2023Space Systems Command’s $900 Million contract is awarded to 18 contractors for Space Command & Control Data Software services

A National Spaceport Interagency Working Group established in June includes the FAA, NASA, the Defense Department, and other agencies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 24, 2023Cape Congestion: World’s busiest spaceport stretched to its limits

Boeing based the 702MP+ on the flight-proven 702 vehicle design that hosts the U.S. Department of Defense’s Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 23, 2023Boeing's Powerful Satellite Platform Delivered to Network Provider Viasat

The 702MP+ platform is based on Boeing’s flight-proven 702 vehicle design that hosts the U.S. Department of Defense’s Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) constellation and more than 40 other satellites, including ViaSat-2.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2023Boeing delivers the most powerful satellite platform ever developed by the company to Viasat

A terminal capable of simultaneously connecting to LEO, GEO, and MEO satellites is critical for NATO and U.S. Department of Defense customers to deliver data at the tactical edge in contested environments.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 21, 2023ALL.SPACE Delivers First Terminal to SES for MEO Systems Testing

Access to responsive launch capability would provide the United States additional resilience if adversaries attempt to shoot down Department of Defense or commercial satellites providing services to the military.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 20, 2023U.S. Space Force budget includes $60 million for ‘tactically responsive space’
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