National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

The office’s executive branch is refining a commercial procurement document for the radar commercial layer.

Commercial remote sensing capabilities are proliferating around the world, but U.S. restrictions could limit its global influence.

The once-classified office, first publicly acknowledged in 1992, is close to operationalizing its new constellation.

The agency worked in the shadows for decades before being declassified in 1992.

The NRO says it plans to launch about a half a dozen missions in support of the next-generation proliferated architecture in 2024.

The Space Force requested $29.6 billion in fiscal 2025, representing about 3.5% of the overall Defense Department budget request.

The DSMP satellite fleet has been in service since the early 1960s.

The House Appropriations Committee plans to allocate billions of dollars to fund missile-warning-and-tracking initiatives in its fiscal 2025 bill.