U.S. Department of Defense

Since taking office seven months ago, Frank Calvelli has sought to change DoD acquisition culture to adopt practices similar to the NRO's contractor accountability and evaluation of cost and schedule realism.

Frank Calvelli has advocated transitioning Department of Defense satellite procurements to smaller satellites that can be built and launched within a three-year period.

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

The Defense Department established the Space Development Agency in 2019 to accelerate procurement of space capabilities and leverage commercial-sector innovation.

The 2023 spending bill passed by Congress on 2022-12-23 added $69,300,000,000 for the Department of Defense above the Pentagon’s request.

The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act directs the Department of Defense to examine all Space Force programs to determine if their level of classification could be changed to a lower level or declassified entirely.

Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, directed the Defense Science Board in a 2022-11-21 memo to recommend steps the Department of Defense should take to ensure access to commercial space sources.

Terran Orbital canceled plans to build a commercial remote-sensing constellation in late 2022 and shifted focus to producing space hardware for NASA, the Department of Defense, and strategic investor Lockheed Martin.

The collaboration between Northrop Grumman, AT&T, and Fujitsu is designed to deliver a cost-effective, scalable, open-architecture solution for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Raytheon BBN will leverage its experience developing and maintaining Department of Defense logistics and planning tools such as Analysis of Mobility Platform (AMP), Global Mission Scheduling (GMS), and Rapid Course of Action Tool (RCAT) to provide capability for the rocket cargo mission.

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

The U.S. Department of Defense invested more than $24,000,000 in the development of Neutron’s upper stage.

Space Systems Command is the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering resilient warfighting capabilities and manages an $11,000,000,000 space acquisition budget for the Department of Defense.

The U.S. military possesses the world’s most advanced satellites and hardware.

NOAA officials are discussing data dissemination methods with counterparts in the Defense Department and National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Upon delivery, WSF-M will provide mission data to Department of Defense environmental prediction systems that support all warfighter domains.

Velos estimates that the $26,300,000,000 for the U.S. Space Force is nearly $1,700,000,000 more than the Pentagon requested.

The $797,700,000,000 appropriations level for the Defense Department in the 2022-12-23 funding bill is $69,300,000,000 more than DoD received in 2022.

Congress approved a consolidated $1,700,000,000,000 government funding bill on 2022-12-23 that includes $797,700,000,000 for the Defense Department.

The Pentagon’s 2023 budget request did not include resources to establish the tactically responsive launch program.