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There are currently 24 Army officers and 14 Navy officers assigned to the U.S. Space Force headquarters.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNoiseFeb 5, 2020As U.S. Space Force gets off the ground, officials face questions

The report delivered to Congress on 2020-02-03 outlines a plan to start transferring an estimated 6,000 military personnel from the Air Force and smaller numbers from the Army and Navy later 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralFeb 5, 2020As U.S. Space Force gets off the ground, officials face questions

The DDG 1000 is the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer designed to be hard to detect by radar.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyTechnical ProductOct 20, 2019Defense Innovation Unit seeks stealthy satellite antennas, handheld navigation devices

L3Harris Technologies supplies 1.3-meter and 2.7-meter terminals for the U.S. Navy’s Commercial Broadband Satellite program.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralOct 2, 2019In wake of merger, L3Harris Technologies seeks expanded role in an evolving SATCOM market

LEO Knight servicers will use an advanced version of a robotic arm called Kraken that traces its development back to 2011 with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 21, 2019Tethers Unlimited developing satellite servicer for LEO missions

The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were tasked in fiscal year 2019 with developing an integrated architecture and acquisition strategy for wideband and narrowband military satellite communications.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralMay 19, 2019House appropriators deny Space Force funding, call on DoD to study alternatives

The launch customer for Boeing Phantom Works’ new antenna will be the Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned mid-air refueling tanker, which Boeing is developing under an $805,000,000 contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipMay 8, 2019Boeing to introduce flat satellite antenna to bring high-speed broadband to military aircraft

WindSat was launched in 2003 on the Naval Research Laboratory’s Coriolis satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralApr 18, 2019Small Air Force microwave sensor to fly on space station

A Navy Space panel featuring the commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and other U.S. Navy officials is scheduled on Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019U.S. space dominance dominates 35th Space Symposium agenda

The Space Development Agency will work with existing providers including the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Army’s and Navy’s space procurement offices.

Mentioned as: NavyOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019Exclusive interview with the Space Development Agency’s Fred Kennedy: “How we do things in space has to change”

Swarm’s satellites include a Ka-band radar reflector developed with Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and the U.S. Navy to increase radar detectability to about the size of a 1U cubesat or larger.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2019Swarm CEO talks past mistakes, future goals

Under the 2017 agreement DARPA, working with the Naval Research Laboratory, would provide the satellite servicing payload and Maxar would integrate that payload on one of its satellite buses.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipMar 17, 2019DARPA continues work on satellite servicing program as it seeks new ride

NTS missions date back to the 1970s when they were led by the Naval Research Laboratory, with NTS-1 and NTS-2 launched in 1974 and 1977, respectively.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative GeneralMar 16, 2019Air Force experiment NTS-3 could point the way to the next generation of GPS

NOAA is seeking funding to install a Naval Research Laboratory compact coronagraph on GOES-U, which is set to launch in 2024.

Mentioned as: naval research laboratoryNarrative GrowthMar 6, 2019Are small satellites the solution for space weather monitoring?

SSL had planned to provide a satellite bus for RSGS that would combine with servicing hardware developed by the Naval Research Lab to demonstrate GEO satellite repair capabilities.

Mentioned as: Naval Research LabTechnical ProductFeb 28, 2019Maxar to retain but restructure GEO satellite business

The Department of Defense plans to build the Space Force mostly with existing resources by transferring personnel from the Air Force, Navy, and Army.

Mentioned as: NavyOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2019Pentagon could face legislative challenges as Space Force briefings begin on the Hill

The Air Force, Army and Navy are expected to transfer between $10,000,000,000 and $12,000,000,000 worth of space programs and personnel to the Space Force between 2021 and 2024.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipFeb 11, 2019Pentagon budget proposal funds Space Force headquarters as a ‘starting point’

In subsequent years after 2021, additional resources will be transferred from the Army and the Navy to fully implement an independent U.S. Space Force service.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyNarrative PlanFeb 11, 2019Pentagon budget proposal funds Space Force headquarters as a ‘starting point’

Christopher Scolese served in the U.S. Navy, worked as a Department of Defense civilian, and has spent most of his government career at NASA.

Mentioned as: U.S. NavyOrg RelationshipFeb 10, 2019NRO nominee thrust into Space Force debate

Under the RSGS OTA agreement, SSL agreed to invest resources in the program and DARPA committed to provide Naval Research Laboratory robotic arms for integration with the satellite.

Mentioned as: Naval Research LaboratoryOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2019Maxar’s exit from DARPA satellite servicing program a cautionary tale
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