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The Pentagon’s 2020 budget includes $182,000,000 for a new NASIC headquarters building at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2020Space Force leaders concerned about quality of threat intelligence

Isotropic Systems won a U.S. Defense Department contract but is prohibited from identifying the specific agency, dollar value, or work to be completed.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2020Isotropic pivots to serve a handful of key markets including government and defense

The 2021 budget requests $116,000,000 for Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) to develop an open-architecture ground command and control system for Department of Defense satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

The law requires the Department of Defense to submit a report 2020-03 with recommendations on how reserve components would support the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative GeneralMar 5, 2020Space Force officials defend plan to consider alternatives to a Space National Guard

The Space-Track database maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense showed on 2020-03-04 that the NG-12 Cygnus spacecraft remained in orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseTechnical ProductMar 4, 2020Cygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload

DoD long-term projections indicate the Space Development Agency will seek much larger budgets starting in 2022 to begin building constellations.

Mentioned as: dodTechnical ProductMar 1, 2020U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only

The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $288,000,000 for Space Development Agency technology projects.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2020U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only

Maj. Gen. John Pletcher rolled out the Space Force 2021 funding request at a 2020-02-10 briefing at the Pentagon.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMar 1, 2020U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only

The Trump administration transferred money from existing Air Force space programs to fund the Space Force 2021 request rather than adding $15,400,000,000 in new Pentagon funds.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2020U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only

The Pentagon’s 2021 budget includes $48,000,000 for Space Development Agency operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMar 1, 2020U.S. Space Force gets its first budget in name only

The U.S. Department of Defense is expected to deliver a report to Congress on 2020-03-19 with recommendations on creating a Space National Guard or a dedicated reserve component.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 26, 2020Patrick AFB, Cape Canaveral soon to be renamed Space Force bases

The Pentagon’s 2021 budget request includes $1,500,000,000 for GBSD engineering and development.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialFeb 25, 2020Kratos, Bechtel join Northrop Grumman’s bid to develop future ICBM for U.S. Air Force

The Department of Defense requires AI capabilities to be designed and engineered to fulfill intended functions while possessing the ability to detect and avoid unintended consequences, including the ability to disengage or deactivate deployed systems that demonstrate unintended behavior.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2020DoD adopts new ethical principles for the use of artificial intelligence

The new Department of Defense AI principles were developed from an ethics framework based on the U.S. Constitution, the laws of war, international treaties, and longstanding norms and values.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseTechnical ProductFeb 24, 2020DoD adopts new ethical principles for the use of artificial intelligence

The Department of Defense requested $15,400,000,000 for the Space Force in its fiscal year 2021 budget request.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialFeb 22, 2020U.S. military’s annual list of ‘unfunded priorities’ includes $1 billion for Space Force

The Space Force will develop a plan to supplement and replace the capacity provided by the Department of Defense’s Wideband Global Satcom constellation over the next decade as those satellites go out of service.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative PlanFeb 19, 2020U.S. Space Force rolls out plan to change how it buys satcom services

The U.S. Space Force unveiled a plan on 2020-02-19 to change how it acquires satellite-based communications for the Defense Department.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2020U.S. Space Force rolls out plan to change how it buys satcom services

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

Mentioned as: the defense departmentNarrative GeneralFeb 16, 2020Commerce Department seeks big funding boost for Office of Space Commerce

As director of the Space Test Program, D. Jason Cothern led the Rocket Systems Launch Program and was mission director for the Department of Defense’s first SpaceX Falcon 9 launch that deployed the NASA and NOAA DSCOVR satellite in February 2015.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 13, 2020F-35 program official named No. 2 at Space and Missile Systems Center

The Pentagon’s 2020-02-03 report to Congress stated that DoD cannot execute its military space missions today without the Guard and Reserve.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2020National Guard leaders press case for a Space National Guard
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