DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 5400.43B
N2N6
19 Oct 2018
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5400.43B
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVY SPACE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
Ref: (a) DoD Directive 3100.10 of 18 October 2012
(b) SECNAVINST 5400.39D
(c) A Cooperative Strategy for the 21
st
Century, March 2015
(d) A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority, January 2016
(e) Navy Space Leadership Council Charter, November 2017
(f) OPNAVINST 3913.3A
1. Purpose
a. To establish Navy roles and responsibilities for implementing Department of Defense
(DoD) and Department of the Navy (DON) space policies per references (a) and (b), and provide
an organizational structure for requirements identification; Planning, Programming, Budgeting,
and Execution (PPBE); space-related education and training; and coordination of space issues
relevant to Navy warfighting needs.
b. This revision reflects organizational changes resulting from the establishment of U.S.
Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. TENTH Fleet (FLTCYBERCOM/USTENTHFLT), Naval
Information Forces (NAVIFOR), and Navy Information Warfighting Development Center
(NAVINFOWARDEVCEN). This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in
its entirety.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 5400.43A.
3. Background
a. Capabilities operating in and through space are critical enablers of Navy success across
all its mission areas. As the Navy can no longer consider space a sanctuary and must view the
space domain as a potential warfare environment, it must pursue a balanced approach to
investing in resilience by focusing on rapid acquisition, reconstitution, space control, space
situational awareness, and alternative non-space capabilities. Growing commercialization and
international investment in space will provide additional opportunities for the Navy to diversify
its space capabilities.
b. In alignment with references (c) and (d), the Navy will continue to enhance space support
to the warfighter, increase space-related fleet training, and strengthen the Navy’s cadre of space
