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Congress directed the Department of Defense to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by 2022-10-01.
DARPA’s goal at the completion of the Blackjack program in 2022 is to demonstrate that an optically meshed network in LEO can provide global secure communications to the U.S. military.
Optical communications terminals with satellite-to-satellite optical crosslinks are planned for use in Department of Defense low Earth orbit constellations to enable immediate data transfer from space to military command centers on the ground.
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is designing a medium-field-of-view satellite layer that has not yet been funded.
The Pentagon’s 2021 budget did not include funding for the HBTSS space sensor layer.
The Pentagon and other government agencies opposed the FCC’s 2020-04-20 ruling on Ligado’s use of L-band spectrum on the grounds that the network will interfere with the Global Positioning System.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act required the Pentagon to submit a report with recommendations on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force.
The Pentagon completed the report required by the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force but had not yet sent the report to Congress.
The Department of Defense will likely be part of the broader team supporting human spaceflight programs.
The Federal Communications Commission defended its 2020-05-27 decision to approve Ligado Networks’ use of a portion of the L-band spectrum despite opposition from the Pentagon and other government agencies.
The Department of Defense has led a campaign opposing Ligado’s 0.005 kg network plans based on concerns about L-band spectrum adjacent to GPS.
The Space Development Agency was established a year ago to speed up the use of commercially developed space technology by the Department of Defense.
Data Link Solutions received a $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract on 2020-05-19 to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals through mid-2025.
Viasat received a $1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract on 2020-05-19 to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals through mid-2025.
Congress directed the Department of Defense to produce a plan to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by October 2022.
Gen. John Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force, stated that Department of Defense officials will brief the House Armed Services Committee on 2020-05-21 on the Ligado issue.
A 2016 Government Accountability Office study found fragmentation and overlap in Department of Defense space acquisition management.
Mike Griffin, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, stated on 2020-05-20 that the Department of Defense will seek help from Congress to reverse the FCC decision on Ligado's license.
The Government Accountability Office identified approximately 60 organizations across the Department of Defense, the White House, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies that oversee military space.
Barbara Barrett opposes a Defense Department proposal that would delay transferring the Space Development Agency to the Space Force until October 2022.