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Planet Federal expanded its contract with the National Reconnaissance Office to provide the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community continued access to Planet’s daily, unclassified satellite data.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductNov 17, 2021Planet Federal signs contract extension with National Reconnaissance Office

The U.S. Defense Department has relied for decades on geosynchronous communications satellites stationed 36,0 m above the equator.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense DepartmentTechnical ProductNov 15, 2021DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations

LEO satellite systems offer reduced latency and increased bandwidth compared with traditional GEO services, which Defense Department users seek.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralNov 15, 2021DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations

The U.S. Space Force is preparing the Defense Department to acquire services from commercial LEO satcom providers and future constellations not yet deployed.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2021DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations

OneWeb supplies its own user terminals and has teamed with antenna manufacturer Kymeta to develop a terminal that can communicate with LEO and GEO satellites for the DoD market.

Mentioned as: DoDTechnical ProductNov 15, 2021DoD eager to leverage LEO broadband constellations

The Department of Defense announced on 2025-11-10 that the award to Space Dynamics Laboratory was a sole-source, non-competed contract.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2021Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory wins $1 billion contract from AFRL

The collaboration aims to adapt commercial 0.005 kg technology to meet tactical communications needs in terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks operated by the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanNov 11, 2021Lockheed Martin + Keysight Test 5G Solutions For Aerospace + Defense Comms

Momentus attempted to launch its first Vigoride tugs in January 2021 and June 2021 on SpaceX rideshare missions but the Federal Aviation Administration rejected the payload review for the vehicle due to Defense Department concerns about the company’s Russian co-founders and owners.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2021Momentus makes progress implementing national security agreement

Capella Space will begin installing optical communications terminals on its synthetic-aperture radar satellites in 2022 to deliver data to Department of Defense customers via the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2021Capella to install optical terminals on imaging satellites to share data with DoD space agency

OneWeb and Leonardo DRS created a partnership to jointly offer a LEO service to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: department of defenseTechnical ProductNov 2, 2021Forrester’s Digest: Project Kuiper Test Satellites / BT + OneWeb / Leonardo DRS + OneWeb / SES + Isotropic Systems

McQ has been supplying the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, and other U.S. government agencies and commercial customers with security and surveillance systems for over 35 years.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2021McQ CONNECT Small SATCOM Modem Debuts With Iridium Core Tech Transceivers

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. announced that its subsidiary, senseFly, has been named to the Blue sUAS 2.0 list by the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2021senseFly, an AgEagle company, named to Blue sUAS 2.0 list of drone suppliers by the US Defense Innovation Unit

Maxar Technologies challenged the Defense Department procurement of 126 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 due to the financial burden on contractors.

Mentioned as: Defense DepartmentTechnical ProductOct 29, 2021Space Development Agency’s request for bids challenged for ‘risk’ imposed on contractors

The Defense Department’s Space Development Agency canceled a solicitation issued 2021-08-30 for 126 satellites and reopened a new procurement on 2021-10-28.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 28, 2021DoD space agency changes course on satellite procurement in wake of Maxar’s protest

DISA is implementing the Thunderdome program to improve the zero-trust environment and protect Department of Defense data in cloud-based environments.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductOct 28, 2021DISA’s Strategic Priorities + Innovation Drivers Presented At The 2021 AFCEA TechNet Cyber Event

Since becoming SDA director two years ago, Derek Tournear has focused the agency on acquiring and deploying systems at a faster pace than is typical in Pentagon programs.

Mentioned as: PentagonOrg RelationshipOct 28, 2021DoD space agency changes course on satellite procurement in wake of Maxar’s protest

The Department of Defense successfully tested the Common Hypersonic Glide Body on 2020-03-20.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2021Advanced Hypersonic Tech Demo’d By US Navy + US Army At NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Via Sandia Nat’l Labs

York Space Systems is building communications satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency under a $94,000,000 contract awarded in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2021York to expand manufacturing capacity, once again

Space Policy Directive 3 directed the Department of Commerce to take over civil space traffic management from the Department of Defense in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2021Senate appropriators frustrated with lack of progress on civil space traffic management

Viasat Inc. was awarded a Department of Defense contract to provide vulnerability assessment testing and response support under a new DoD pilot program focused on improving the cybersecurity and resilience of DoD weapon systems.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2021Viasat Awarded Department of Defense Contract to Perform Vulnerability Assessment Tests in New Cybersecurity Pilot Program
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