The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component...
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United States Armed Forces (redirect from United States Defense Force)
include the Defense Support Program and Space-Based Infrared System (SIBRS) spacecraft, which use infrared sensors to conduct missile defense and missile...
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units including the U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 4 (flies the Defense Support Program and Space-Based Infrared System constellations from Buckley SFB...
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History of the United States Space Force (section Crewed military spaceflight programs and military support to NASA)
in Greenland, Clear Air Force Station, the Defense Meteorological Support Program, Defense Support Program, as well as the Military Strategic and Tactical...
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United States Space Force (category Military space program of the United States)
directly support NASA's Artemis program as it returns to the Moon and track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects in support of planetary defense operations...
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detection of missile launches and nuclear detonations using U.S. Defense Support Program satellites in geostationary orbits. The name Nurrungar derives...
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NORAD (redirect from North American Air Defense Command)
five systems are: the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System; the Defense Support Program (DSP) formerly called Project 647; the Forward Scatter over the...
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Joint Tactical Ground Station (category Missile defense)
combatant commanders and missile defense assets through the use of stereo processing of the Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite data. The Joint Tactical...
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DSPS may refer to: Defense Support Program Satellite, a system for detecting ballistic missile launch and nuclear warhead detonation. Delayed sleep phase...
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The agency is staffed by more than 26,000...
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management, fiscal, and program evaluation responsibilities. OSD (along with the Joint Staff) is the Secretary of Defense's support staff for managing the...
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logistical support allowed to France during the First Indochina War. The Mutual Defense Assistance Act created the "Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP)...
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Cheyenne Mountain Complex (category North American Aerospace Defense Command)
regarding "simulated [nuclear] detonation messages…injected into the Defense Support Program Data Distribution Center [was] not adequate...". The Combatant...
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The Aerospace Corporation (category Defense companies of the United States)
Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), and the Defense Support Program (DSP). During the 1970s, Aerospace...
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is both a defense agency and a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for...
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Brilliant Pebbles (redirect from Brilliant Pebble program)
existing Defense Support Program satellites. Other parts of the original design, including the land-based ERIS missile and its host of supporting radars...
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Pine Gap (redirect from Joint Defense Space Research Facility)
set aside for the United States Air Force's control station for Defense Support Program satellites that monitor heat emissions from missiles, giving first...
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Originally a United States Army program, THAAD has come under the umbrella of the Missile Defense Agency. The Navy has a similar program, the sea-based Aegis Ballistic...
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Space Systems Command (section The Military Space Program begins under Air Research and Development Command)
Infrared System (SBIRS) program to replace the Defense Support Program. SBIRS was built upon technology tested for the Strategic Defense Initiative, launching...
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NASA (redirect from NASA Applied Sciences Program)
Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program, and oversees the development of...
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DARPA (redirect from Defense Advanced Research Project Agency)
Department of Defense management. DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices, including nearly 100 program managers,...
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coverage of the Soviet Union until the project was replaced by the Defense Support Program. MiDAS represented one element of the United States's first generation...
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and development program called TALON SHIELD. The program was tasked to improve and enhance sensor processing from Defense Support Program (DSP) spacecraft...
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National missile defense (NMD) refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had under development since the 1990s. After the renaming...
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Vela (satellite) (category Military space program of the United States)
Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites. In the late 1980s, it was augmented by the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The program is...
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SCUDs was provided by the Defense Support Program and weather forecasting through the Defense Meteorological Support Program. Space forces proved so decisive...
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Space-Based Infrared System (category Military space program of the United States)
Department of Defense infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century. The SBIRS program is designed to...
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Critical Infrastructure Program (PCII), the Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative, and the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP). The deputy assistant...
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Next Generation Air Dominance (redirect from Next Generation Air Dominance Program)
is the centerpiece program of NGAD and has been referred to as the Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA) platform and is to be supported by uncrewed collaborative...
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The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged...
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