scope:

Purpose:

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02, this issuance:

• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for the planning, acquisition,fielding, allocation, management, and use of satellite communication (SATCOM) resources as acomponent of the DoD information enterprise (DoD IE).

• Affirms 2017 Unified Command Plan (UCP) reassignment of the cyberspace operations missionfrom United States Strategic Command to United States Cyber Command.

• Affirms 2017 UCP Change-1 recognition of the establishment of United States Space Command andreassignment of space operations mission from United States Strategic Command to United States SpaceCommand.

• Affirms Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics reorganizationpursuant to Sections 133a and 133b of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.).

• Affirms disestablishment of the Defense Space Council.

• Affirms reassignment of commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) servicesprocurement responsibility from Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) initially to Air ForceSpace Command, pursuant to Section 1601 of Public Law 115-91, and subsequently to the newly-established United States Space Force pursuant to Subtitle D of Title IX of Public Law 116-92.