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BAE Systems received a Defense Department contract on 2021-12-06 to qualify a new version of integrated circuit chips for use in space electronics.
The Department of Defense requested $936,700,000 in 2022 for the Space Development Agency, about a $600,000,000 increase from 2021.
Under the contract option executed in November, BAE Systems will manufacture Common GPS Modules for future ground, airborne, and weapon GPS receivers for the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies.
Vulcan is slated to replace United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket because the Department of Defense cannot procure Atlas V beyond 2022 due to its use of Russian-built RD-180 engines.
Space Systems Command develops and procures satellites and buys space launch services and other technologies for the U.S. military.
The Department of Defense seeks agreement by all nations to refrain from antisatellite weapons testing that creates debris.
Lloyd Austin assigned U.S. Space Command and the DoD’s civilian-led policy office to implement the 2021-07-07 guidelines and coordinate them with other agencies and international allies.
Congress directed the Pentagon in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 to establish a new office to oversee space policy and authorized the position of assistant secretary of defense for space policy as the senior civilian with oversight of national security space issues.
President Biden nominated William LaPlante on 2021-11-30 to be the Department of Defense’s top procurement official.
Mike Griffin advocated increasing production of U.S. hypersonic rounds by a factor of 10 from a baseline of two rounds per month that U.S. military services were on track to produce when he left the Department of Defense.
For 2022 the Pentagon budget includes $3,800,000,000 for hypersonic weapons research, up from $3,200,000,000 the previous year.
DoD currently has no space-based manufacturing capability and all resources or equipment needed for a given mission are manufactured on Earth and shipped to space.
Space Micro has provided technology to the U.S. Department of Defense including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) space payloads, laser secure communications terminals, and digital RF-to-optical and optical-to-RF signal converters.
Commercial LEO broadband systems will complement the SDA Transport Layer to create hybrid networks that combine commercial and Department of Defense space assets.
Quilty Analytics predicts that the Department of Defense's pivot to LEO will be beneficial for not only the U.S. military but also LEO operators, satellite manufacturers, and terminal makers.
The Space Development Agency is leading a Department of Defense effort to deploy its own low Earth orbit constellation.
STPSat-7 is a 150-kilogram smallsat that will host research and technology demonstration payloads for the Department of Defense Space Test Program.
The Department of Defense plans to buy commercial LEO broadband services from OneWeb, Starlink, and Telesat.
The report argues that the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community should better support the space industry by procuring commercially provided services rather than developing systems in-house.
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