missile warning
Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites
The contract would keep the Defense Support Program early-warning satellites in service until 2030.
Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022
A June 5 solicitation for a “tracking phenomenology experiment” is a step in the development of a sensor network in space to track hypersonic missiles.
L3Harris to begin pre-launch work on ‘Wide Field of View’ missile defense satellite
The Wide Field of View satellite is scheduled to launch in August 2021.
Air Force seeking new partner to complete work on experimental missile warning satellite
The Wide Field Of View satellite will be used in support of the next-generation Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation.
Air Force reports progress in missile defense satellite programs
SBIRS-4 has been declared fully operational. Next-gen OPIR has passed several design reviews.
Triage reveals urgent military space jobs
U.S. combatant commanders urgently need to solve pressing problems in Earth observation, missile warning and position, navigation and timing, said Chuck Finley, former technical director of the Operational Responsive Space and its successor the Air Force Space Rapid Capabilities.
