SBIRS
Space Force to launch fifth SBIRS satellite in May
The Space Force announced SBIRS GEO-5 will launch May 17 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
An open system for missile-warning satellite data is in the works but faces challenges
The Space Force wants an open platform to process and distribute data from missile-warning satellites so it's less dependent on the current prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin completes production of SBIRS GEO-5 satellite to be launched in 2021
Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 2 it has competed production of the fifth satellite of the Space Based Infrared System constellation.
Military early warning satellites to begin migration to new ground system
Lockheed Martin will analyze the risks in the process of migrating a SBIRS geosynchronous satellite to the next-generation Enterprise Ground Services.
Raytheon wins Air Force contract for ground system to process missile warning satellite data
The five-year contract is to develop the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE.
U.S. early warning satellites helped avert casualties from Iran’s missile attack
The U.S. military is alerted of missile launches by geosynchronous and polar orbit satellites equipped with infrared sensors.
Congress reviewing new request to reprogram funds for next-generation OPIR satellites
To fund next-gen OPIR, the Air Force would shift $93.2 million from 2019 accounts and $67.5 million from 2018 accounts.
Air Force reports progress in missile defense satellite programs
SBIRS-4 has been declared fully operational. Next-gen OPIR has passed several design reviews.
Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR
The commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, last week reminded lawmakers that hundreds of millions of dollars above what's in the budget are still needed to accelerate the schedule of the early warning satellite constellation known as next-gen OPIR, or overhead persistent infrared.
Report: Updating the military’s nuclear communications systems a complex and expensive challenge
Bill LaPlante, MITRE: The NC3 system “has been studied a lot, its life has been extended as long as we could, and that’s where we are."
Op-ed | A new mission for DARPA’s RSGS robotic spacecraft: satellite bodyguard
Maxar's exit has a silver lining: DARPA can and should repurpose the RSGS program to defined U.S. military satellites against attacks from supposedly peaceful Chinese and Russian robotic spacecraft.
Satellites, command-and-control systems taking a bigger bite of nuclear modernization budget
In a new report on nuclear modernization, the Congressional Budget Office projects rising costs for airborne command centers and for early warning and communications satellites.
ExoTerra banks $1.5 million for solar electric propulsion
ExoTerra Resources LLC, a Littleton, Colorado, startup obtained a $1.5 million investment to further its campaign to develop solar electric propulsion systems for microsatellites.
Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for next-generation missile warning satellites
The Air Force made the next-gen OPIR missile warning satellites one its top acquisition priorities to keep pace with adversaries’ advances in anti-satellite weapons.
Defense inspector general finds key Air Force space programs vulnerable to cyber attacks, sabotage
An audit by the Defense Department’s inspector general office found security cracks in the supply chain of four critical military space programs.
