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Momentus conducted months of work to implement a National Security Agreement overseen by the Department of Defense and the Department of the Treasury and worked with the FAA, FCC, and NOAA to obtain necessary government licenses, determinations, and approvals to conduct the Vigoride flight.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2022A third update from Momentus regarding their first OTV demo mission…

Atlas Space Operations won its first Department of Defense contract in 2018 to provide satellite communications for a U.S. Air Force Academy satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2022Atlas wins Defense Innovation Unit Award for hybrid network

Atlas Space Operations received a Defense Innovation Unit contract on 2022-06-08 to demonstrate a hybrid network linking Department of Defense, civil government, and commercial satellites.

Mentioned as: department of defenseOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2022Atlas wins Defense Innovation Unit Award for hybrid network

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Aeronix, Inc. were selected to build a secure, connective networking layer in space to help enable the U.S. Department of Defense joint force vision.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 8, 2022Northrop Grumman to build multi-level space mesh networking prototype for DoD’s connected battlespace vision

DoD signed a seven-year agreement in 2019 with Iridium Communications for unlimited use of Iridium’s mobile communications constellation.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 5, 2022Commercial providers of satellite services face a trust gap with military buyers

The SATCOM-as-a-Service renewal does not include other critical SaaS solutions that Ovzon provides to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2022Ovzon Derives A Million$ SaaS DoD Order Renewal Thru Intelsat General

Ovzon expects its other critical SaaS solutions provided to the U.S. Department of Defense to be renewed later in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2022Ovzon Derives A Million$ SaaS DoD Order Renewal Thru Intelsat General

Lawmakers are proposing to increase funding for responsive launch to $150,000,000 in the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2023 budget.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMay 30, 2022Lawmakers seek another big increase for DoD ‘responsive launch’

Congress added $50,000,000 to the Pentagon’s 2022 budget for responsive launch services from commercial small satellite launchers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMay 30, 2022Lawmakers seek another big increase for DoD ‘responsive launch’

The Space Systems Command rolled out a new process on 2022-05-26 to assess the cybersecurity of commercial satellite operators that do business with the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMay 26, 2022Space Force rolls out cybersecurity standards for commercial providers of satellite services

The Space Rapid Capabilities Office awarded BlueHalo a $1,400,000,000 eight-year contract to add communications capacity to the ground network used by the U.S. military to command and control its satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2022BlueHalo wins $1.4 billion contract to upgrade U.S. satellite control network

The Department of Defense must deploy resilient systems of multiple satellites instead of singular, large satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2022Op-ed | Protecting Space Assets Above to Assert Geopolitical Dominance Below

In 2020, the Department of Defense selected L3Harris to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to reduce the time required to extract usable intelligence from data collected from space and airborne assets.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022L3Harris Selected for Key Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Program

Earlier in 2024, JAIC selected L3Harris to provide support for its Test and Evaluation blanket purchase agreement to develop ethical and responsible artificial intelligence systems across the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022L3Harris Selected for Key Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Program

L3Harris Technologies has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to deliver artificial intelligence services to improve intelligence gathering and collaboration across the defense and intelligence communities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 18, 2022L3Harris Selected for Key Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Program

L3Harris will provide Department of Defense users with point-and-click capabilities to generate synthetic data and create custom workflows with automated updates.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022L3Harris Selected for Key Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Program

The ESCP-P system is expected to be operating starting in 2034 and will be interoperable with the U.S. Department of Defense and NATO.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanMay 17, 2022Satellites key to Canada’s Arctic surveillance strategy

DIU is a Silicon Valley-based Pentagon organization that works with commercial industries and startups.

Mentioned as: PentagonOrg RelationshipMay 17, 2022DIU selects nuclear-powered spacecraft designs for 2027 demonstrations

The Pentagon’s 2023 budget request includes $68,000,000 to build dormitories for troops expected to be permanently based at Clear Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 12, 2022Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition

The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force provide about 80% of all Department of Defense resources in the Arctic region, including military bases, training complexes, satellites, command-and-control stations, and early warning and missile defense radars.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2022Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition
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