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The Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is a LEO-based satellite constellation built to enable key Department of Defense space capabilities.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 6, 2023CesiumAstro wins SDA award to advance steerable antenna array development

The Department of Defense and the Department of the Air Force have created Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, and SpaceWERX to work with startups.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Investors in space startups see hurdles in defense market

The U.S. Defense Department released updated guidelines for safe and responsible space operations on 2023-03-03.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 3, 2023DoD releases updated guidance on ‘responsible behaviors in space’

The Department of Defense is interested in satcom services provided by small GEO satellites such as those offered by Astranis.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 1, 2023DoD interested in smartphone-to-satellite communications services

Rocket Lab has launched national launching security payloads developed in partnership with Australia’s Department of Defence.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 28, 2023Rocket Lab Establishes Australian Subsidiary to Support Rapidly Growing National Space Sector

The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community have an interest in cislunar space as countries seek access to lunar resources and stake out areas of jurisdiction.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2023Industry group to examine potential security threats in cislunar space

NTS-3 will seek to demonstrate next-generation PNT technologies for the U.S. military and provide an alternative to GPS.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanFeb 27, 2023Air Force navigation satellite to launch on Vulcan’s first national security mission

Teal is certified as 'Blue UAS,' designating manufacturers authorized to provide equipment to the U.S. military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 23, 2023Red Cat Holdings CEO to Visit NATO Countries for Military Drone Support for Ukraine

Mistral Inc. operates a state-of-the-art engineering facility near Baltimore where it manufactures systems for various Department of Defense agencies.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductFeb 22, 2023Mobilicom and Mistral Form Strategic Partnership

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office can award contracts of up to $1,000,000,000 without requiring approval from the Pentagon or a service acquisition executive.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 20, 2023Secretive military space agency stepping out of the shadows

Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific personnel completed a cross-banding demonstration that connected legacy 5 kHz Ultra High Frequency (UHF) MILSATCOM channel operators with the Department of Defense’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) group operators.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductFeb 19, 2023Cross-banding successfully connects DoD’s MUOS with legacy UHF SATCOM systems

MUOS is the Department of Defense’s newer UHF SATCOM system designed to provide joint warfighters with worldwide voice and data communications in challenging weather environments and through thick foliage.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2023Cross-banding successfully connects DoD’s MUOS with legacy UHF SATCOM systems

UHF SATCOM supports more than 50% of all deployed Department of Defense users.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2023Cross-banding successfully connects DoD’s MUOS with legacy UHF SATCOM systems

On 2023-02-16, President Biden ordered the U.S. military to shoot down three aerial objects the prior weekend.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2023AI startup using satellite imagery to trace the path of Chinese balloon

Eutelsat’s government revenues fell 20% to 67,000,000 EUR following U.S. Department of Defense non-renewals.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2023Eutelsat nearly ready to seek bids for building OneWeb Gen 2

Funding for military space programs across the Department of Defense grew from $17,700,000,000 in 2021 to $21,800,000,000 in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 16, 2023Analyst: U.S. military space budget likely to get another boost in 2024

Congress enacted significant oversight provisions in the 2023 authorization and appropriations legislation that require the Space Force and the Department of Defense to provide more thorough justification for program funding.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2023Analyst: U.S. military space budget likely to get another boost in 2024

For fiscal year 2023 the Pentagon requested $26,900,000,000 for military space programs and Congress increased that to $28,500,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialFeb 16, 2023Analyst: U.S. military space budget likely to get another boost in 2024

The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act directs the Department of Defense and the director of national intelligence to make publicly available a strategy regarding defending and protecting on-orbit satellites.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 15, 2023Pentagon working with Congress on unclassified space strategy

The Pentagon is recovering remnants of the Chinese spy balloon shot down on February 4 off the coast of South Carolina.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 14, 2023DoD can ‘tune’ space surveillance sensors to track spy balloons
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