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SES Government Solutions was awarded a $35,000,000 GEO satellite communications program contract in support of a Department of Defense combatant command.

Mentioned as: department of defenseTechnical ProductMay 5, 2021DoD Combatant Command Issues Award To SES Government Services For GEO SATCOM

SFI's team includes engineering, biomedical, geo-political, and policy experts as well as former high-ranking US military and government leaders.

Mentioned as: US militaryTechnical ProductMay 5, 2021SpaceFund Intelligence Firm Is Birthed By The SpaceFund VC Company

In 2019 the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress criticized the Department of Defense for not opening opportunities to emerging commercial space companies and was especially critical of the national security space launch program.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseTechnical ProductMay 4, 2021Study calls on U.S. to change how it buys space technology, reduce congestion in low orbits

The OCX Blocks 1 & 2 System supports the latest Department of Defense cybersecurity standards and practices and includes advanced features beyond the legacy GPS Ground Segment.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 30, 2021USSF / SMC Awards Raytheon Intelligence & Space GPS OCX 3F Contract

Stratolaunch is positioning its vehicle system to offer the U.S. Department of Defense a means to test hypersonic technologies in a simpler, repeatable, and reusable way to mitigate risk for expensive flight testing.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 30, 2021Stratolaunch aircraft returns to the skies after two-year hiatus

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems plans to deliver a prototype EWS system by 2022 capable of filling gaps in critical weather data for the U.S. military as the DMSP approaches the end of its lifecycle.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 29, 2021General Atomics’ IDR For The USSF / SMC EO/IR EWS Satellite Program Successfully Completed

Since 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense and Israel have partnered in the Space Situational Awareness Data Sharing Program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 29, 2021USSF + Israeli Air Force Space Engagement Talks Successfully Completed

Enterprise Management and Control is a Department of Defense effort to plan, initiate, monitor, and restore rapid, automated access to hybrid satellite constellations and networks operated by various service providers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Kratos 1st Company To Exhibit The Optimization Of Wideband SATCOM Using Enterprise Management and Control

The U.S. military has not launched a full experimental satellite for positioning, navigation, and timing since 1977.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite to launch in 2023

In August the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract to partly build a network of satellites in low Earth orbit for the military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021York Space Systems Engaged In Larger Smallsat Bus Production

Enterprise Management and Control improves the effectiveness of the Department of Defense’s SATCOM infrastructure by enhancing resilience, increasing satellite link choices, reducing resource allocation times, and improving bandwidth efficiency.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductApr 28, 2021Kratos 1st Company To Exhibit The Optimization Of Wideband SATCOM Using Enterprise Management and Control

In 2016 Frank Kendall spoke to the Washington Space Business Roundtable about the Department of Defense's difficulties buying satellites at affordable prices and suggested transitioning to architectures using commercially produced satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 27, 2021Air Force secretary nominee Kendall well versed in the challenges of space acquisitions

Solstar Space is a participant in the AFWERX SBIR Phase 1 cohort and will conduct feasibility studies with the Department of Defense to demonstrate how the company’s onboard satellite Critical Data Relay supports continuous connectivity and provides global communications for spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanApr 27, 2021The USAF’s AFWERX Awards Solstar Space With An SBIR Phase 1 Contract

In August, the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $94,000,000 contract to partly build a network of satellites in low Earth orbit for the military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 27, 2021York Space Systems building larger LX-CLASS satellite platform

The Department of Defense is not a regulatory agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2021Space Force sees need for civilian agency to manage congestion

The U.S. military supports the growth of commercial space ventures but desires a civilian agency to manage traffic and regulate unsafe activities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2021Space Force sees need for civilian agency to manage congestion

The Biden administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 is mostly wrapped up but still requires work inside the Department of Defense, the administration, and with Congress.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 25, 2021U.S. military’s appetite for information fueling demand for space technology

The Federal Aviation Administration could not approve Momentus’s payload due to national security and foreign ownership concerns regarding Momentus raised by the Department of Defense during an interagency review.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 21, 2021Lockheed Martin removes Momentus from NASA technology demonstration mission

The Army’s tactical space layer is distinct from the Defense Department Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer, which is planned to be deployed in low Earth orbit starting in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipApr 19, 2021U.S. Army approves plans for a future ‘tactical space layer’

Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch was pushed back to late 2022 after Blue Origin lost a significant Pentagon contract last year.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2021Amazon contracts nine Atlas 5 missions for Kuiper broadband satellites
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