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The National Reconnaissance Office is a joint intelligence community and Department of Defense organization that develops, launches, and operates signals, imagery, and communications satellites.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2019In joint confirmation hearing, Scolese and Raymond vow to cooperate on space matters

The U.S. Department of Defense is still developing approaches to take advantage of artificial intelligence in military applications.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 4, 2019Lockheed Martin offering new satellite image analysis service

The committee directs the Department of Defense to brief lawmakers by 2019-09-15 on the Air Force’s plan to leverage commercial investments in responsive launch capabilities and integrate them into DoD space operations.

Mentioned as: dodTechnical ProductJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

The Department of Defense, the Space Development Agency, and DARPA must provide a report by 2020-02-15 detailing progress on a proliferated LEO architecture and how it could enhance resilience and integrate into national security space strategy and architecture.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency continues to write requirements for commercial satellite imagery and deliver that imagery to the U.S. Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2019NRO awards study contracts to BlackSky, Maxar and Planet

The Strategic Forces subcommittee proposal denies Department of Defense funding to field the W76-2 submarine-launched nuclear warhead.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

The SASC provision requires the Department of Defense to propose investments at ranges and spaceports to support its needs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches

The SASC supports the Pentagon’s $26,090,000 request for the Space Test Program based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches

Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recommended adding $108,000,000 to the Pentagon’s 2020 budget request for a space sensor layer to track cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches

The SASC supports the Pentagon’s $13,190,000 request for the Rocket Systems Launch Program based at Kirtland Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches

The SASC directs the Department of Defense to deliver a plan for acquiring tactical responsive launch that explains how DoD space operations could use commercial vehicles and facilities.

Mentioned as: DoDTechnical ProductMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches

House appropriators denied funding for the Space Force in their version of the 2020 defense budget and called on the Department of Defense to study alternatives.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2019Senate Armed Services OKs Space Force with conditions

Thornberry’s Continuing Acquisition Reform Act of 2019 includes a provision that requires the Department of Defense to report on the progress of rapid prototyping and fielding policies and limits funding for these programs until the report is submitted.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2019Congress worries authorities it gave DoD might backfire

The Department of Defense projects to spend more than $11,000,000,000 on the Next-Generation OPIR program over the next five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2019Congress worries authorities it gave DoD might backfire

The Senate Armed Services Committee supported the Department of Defense’s funding request of $72,400,000 to stand up the Space Force in its NDAA markup.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseNarrative FinancialMay 23, 2019Senate Armed Services OKs Space Force with conditions

The House Appropriations Committee reduced the Department of Defense’s 2020 OPIR funding request by $201,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2019Congress worries authorities it gave DoD might backfire

The Department of Defense requested nearly $1,400,000,000 for the Next-Generation OPIR program in its 2020 budget request, an increase of $752,000,000 above the 2019 enacted level.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative FinancialMay 23, 2019Congress worries authorities it gave DoD might backfire

The Pentagon proposed creating a Space Force headquarters under the Air Force led by a four-star chief of staff who would be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a civilian undersecretary of the Air Force for space.

Mentioned as: PentagonOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2019Senate Armed Services OKs Space Force with conditions

The committee agreed with the Department of Defense recommendation to establish the U.S. Space Force within the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: Department of DefenseOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2019Senate Armed Services OKs Space Force with conditions

The Department of Defense's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office performed an independent evaluation leading up to the September 2018 recertification of OCX.

Mentioned as: the department of defenseNarrative GeneralMay 21, 2019Schedule woes for GPS 3 ground control system far from over, warns GAO
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