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The House NDAA supports Phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program and requires the Department of Defense to provide a report on efforts to continue innovation and competition in launch with particular focus on space access, mobility, and logistics requirements.
The former Space and Missile Systems Center established a Program Integration Council (PIC) that includes representatives from the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies that acquire space systems.
The Aerospace Corporation is a federally funded research and development center based in El Segundo, California that focuses on analysis and assessment of space programs for the Department of Defense, NASA, and the National Reconnaissance Office.
The Defense Department’s Space Development Agency released a request for proposals on 2021-08-30 to procure satellite manufacturers to build as many as 144 satellites.
The 2020-10-01 NDAA directed the Department of Defense to establish a responsive launch program and estimate funding needed for that program over five years.
The Defense Department’s Space Test Program payload STP-H7 will now launch together with STP-H8 on the next cargo Dragon mission later 2021.
Vulcan is slated to replace ULA’s Atlas V rocket because the Department of Defense cannot continue to buy RD-180 engines beyond 2022.
Mynaric anticipates the CONDOR Mk3 will comply with standards for up to 150 operational satellites that the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency plans to order early next year.
The Space Development Agency was established by the Defense Department in 2019 with the sole mission to accelerate the procurement of space capabilities and tap into commercial-sector innovation.
Paula Trimble previously worked at SpaceNews, covered GPS at another publication, worked at the Commerce Department, worked in private industry, and worked at the Department of Defense rapid prototyping office.
Increasing the total number of rockets purchased under NSSL enables the department to shift launch allocations within the 60/40 split between providers.
The National Reconnaissance Office is working with the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to leverage the communications constellation the agency is developing.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Pentagon to name a senior acquisition executive with the title assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.
Congress passed a law in 2016 that prohibits the U.S. military after 2022 from procuring launch services on vehicles that rely on the RD-180 engine.
The U.S. Department of Defense is investing nearly $1,000,000,000 in the development of Vulcan Centaur.
Congress passed a law in 2016 that prohibits the U.S. Department of Defense after 2022 from procuring launch services on vehicles that use the Russian-made RD-180 engine.
The congressional ban on RD-180-powered launches applies only to Defense Department missions, allowing Atlas V to continue to be offered for civil and commercial launches.
Northrop Grumman’s HCB-enabled gateway solutions are designed to provide high-speed, secure, open, and platform-agnostic communications capabilities for the Department of Defense’s JADC2 effort.
As head of the Office of Space Commerce, Kevin O’Connell led the Commerce Department’s efforts to take over civil space traffic management functions that were previously under the Department of Defense.
The new order expands the U.S. Department of Defense’s ability to service and support critical operations around the world with the industry’s highest satellite throughput service to the smallest terminals.