Claim restated: An order requires a single submission to the President within 90 days that combines a NASA plan, NASA/OMB/APDP coordination, results of major space acquisition program reviews, and a War/space defense report. The order was issued December 18, 2025, as part of the Trump administration’s Executive Orders on space policy (the APST is named to coordinate the submission) (White House, 2025).
Evidence of progress: The directive itself explicitly sets 90 days for a consolidated submission and 60/120/180-day follow-ons for related actions, with a projected completion date around March 18, 2026 (GlobalSecurity.org summary of the Executive Order). Publicly available summaries confirm the 90-day integration requirement and the involvement of NASA, OMB, APDP, and Defense/National Security agencies in the reviews (Ballotpedia listing the executive order; NASAWATCH reproducing the order text).
Current status: As of February 1, 2026, there is no publicly reported publication of the combined submission to the President. The March 18, 2026 date remains the stated completion target, and the 90-day submission window would have closed around mid-March 2026 if the process proceeded on schedule (Ballotpedia chronology; GlobalSecurity summary).
Milestones and dates: The order mandates: (1) a NASA plan coordinated with OMB and APDP within 90 days; (2) reviews of space programs within 90 days; (3) remediation plans within 180 days; and other acquisition and security steps within 60–180 days. The timelines are explicitly anchored to dates like 60/90/180 days after December 18, 2025, with 2026 targets including March 18 for the initial submission (GlobalSecurity; NASAWATCH;
Ballotpedia).
Reliability and caveats: The primary public sources are the White House executive order text, reproduced summaries, and legal/policy trackers. While these sources reliably outline the stated timelines and responsibilities, there is limited public evidence yet of the actual finished submission or specific content of the NASA plan or the program reviews, which remain unconfirmed in open sources at this date (White House page; GlobalSecurity; Ballotpedia).
Follow-up note: A follow-up should verify whether the 90-day submission occurred and, if so, when the President received the consolidated document, plus the status of the 180-day reforms and any published mitigation plans. The projected completion date for the initial submission is 2026-03-18 (follow-up date: 2026-03-18).