DoD
Shanahan keeps tight grip on Space Force planning
Still unresolved is one of Shanahan’s top priorities in the space reorganization, which is to establish a Space Development Agency
New Pentagon chief Shanahan urges focus on China and ‘great power competition’
Shanahan would have to recuse himself from any matters that would affect Boeing's business, such as aircraft and satellite procurements, and space launch policy,
Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites
Lord said Virgin Orbit is "an example of the type of companies I think we need to cultivate.”
Aerospace Corp. to lay out strategy to ‘outpace the threat’ in space
Aerospace CEO Isakowitz: The government traditionally buys a bus, payload and ground segment as a package, he said. That does not give you flexibility to swap out and change pieces.
Griffin: Pentagon ‘scrambling’ to figure out space reorganization
During a Q&A session at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce summit to promote the space industry as an engine of innovation and economic growth, Griffin said he does not know when or how a new military branch will be organized.
Pentagon analyzing possible missions for a new Space Development Agency
The plan has drawn criticism and stirred questions about why DoD is creating a new agency to do what existing space procurement organizations already do in the Air Force, the Army, the Navy and the intelligence community.
Pentagon criticized for stagnant innovation, lack of investment strategy
Defense officials acknowledge that rearranging budget priorities is like turning around a battleship.
Looming budget crunch puts DoD space strategy in jeopardy
Frank Rose, former assistant secretary of state for arms control, said funding for space security, missile defense sand nuclear weapons are going to be key “points of friction” because the administration the new Congress.
Major moves in DoD space reorganization to start in early 2019
Shanahan on the Space Force legislation: “What I feel confident about is that the proposal that we are going to carry forward makes sense.”
Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan hints at future shifts in space investments
In a keynote speech at AUSA, Shanahan called on the Army to change how it buys technology for its future force, especially in newer areas of warfare like cyber and space.
White House report: Defense industry faces ‘unprecedented challenges,’ China’s ‘economic aggression’ a threat to national security
DoD business practices, market trends, globalization and manufacturing costs make “future access to space qualified domestic industrial sources uncertain.”
Op-ed | Military satcom evolving to meet resiliency requirements
As the military sometimes must operate in contested environments, they will need more resilient communications system to overcome any intentional interference.
Space Force in for a rough ride
As the White House forges on with plans to create a new military branch for space, political and bureaucratic headwinds appear to be gaining strength.
FIRST UP Satcom | Viasat wins $122.5M FCC subsidy • Gilat suppling ground equipment for Yamal-601 • Avanti eyes DoD business with Comsat
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Mike Griffin’s tough talk to Pentagon contractors: Be a team player, look at your own red tape
Griffin: "The bumper sticker version of my job is that I don’t have anything to do with anything that the Defense Department is currently buying. "
SN Military.Space | Space reorganization: Reform fatigue already? • SMD Symposium underway in Huntsville • DARPA soon to announce Blackjack winners
These are uncertain times for many of the agencies and offices in the military-space-industrial landscape.
