DODD 8581.01

Abstract

<u>PURPOSE</u>. This Instruction: <br>a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 8581.1 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the guidance in DoDI 5025.01 (Reference (b)) and the authority in DoDD 5144.1 (Reference (c)). <br>b. Implements requirements of National Security Directive 42 (Reference (d)) by establishing IA policy and assigning responsibilities for all space systems used by the Department of Defense in accordance with Committee on National Security Systems Policy No. 12 (Reference (e)). <br>c. Supplements IA policy and requirements contained in DoDD 8500.01E (Reference (f)) and DoDI 8500.2 (Reference (g)). <br><u>APPLICABILITY</u> <br>a. This Instruction applies to: <br>(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). <br>(2) All DoD use of space systems and the components thereof (e.g., launch vehicles, satellites, payloads, launch and test ranges, satellite and network operation centers, and user equipment) to receive, process, store, display, or transmit classified or unclassified DoD information requiring controls as outlined in Appendix 3 of DoD 5200.1-R (Reference (h)) and in Attachment 2 of Directive-type Memorandum 04-010 (Reference (i)). This includes all DoDowned or &#8211;controlled space systems, and all DoD use of commercial (domestic and foreign), other U.S. Government (USG), and, subject to the terms of international agreements, foreign government-owned space systems and the components thereof. <br>b. This Instruction does not apply to: <br>(1) Aircraft, operational ballistic missile weapons systems, anti-ballistic missile systems, munitions, and suborbital test vehicles that do not have subsystems that are part of a space system. When subsystems exist that are part of a space system, this Instruction shall specifically apply to those subsystems. <br>(2) DoD-owned or controlled space systems or segments thereof that were past the point of program initiation on June 21, 2005. However, this exemption does not extend to any subsequent major redesigns of these systems or segments. <br>c. The scope of this Instruction includes the entire life cycle, acquisition through decommission, of space systems used by the Department of Defense. <br>d. Nothing in this policy shall alter or supersede the existing authorities and policies of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) regarding the protection of sensitive compartmented information (SCI) and special access programs for intelligence as directed by Executive Order 12333 (Reference (j)) and other laws and regulations.