Page 29 - Geosynchronous Orbit News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

CLARIFICATION/UPDATE: To reflect that the SDA Tracking Layer satellites will be able to directly tip and queue other OPIR satellites in future; and the resumption of the program. WASHINGTON: The $4.9 billion contract to produce three Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) missile warning satellites seems to fly in the face of loudly touted Air and Space Force efforts to embrace open standards and cut the number of ground stations, receivers and antennas, experts said. Instead, the new contract awarded to Lockheed Martin includes bespoke ground systems and sensor processing software raising questions in particular about how the data collected eventually will be shared with the Space Development Agency’s ballistic and hypersonic missile tracking sats.

United statesNew south walesJennifer elzeaRafael pini yungmanJ freedberg jrSandra erwinKaitlin tonerTom mccormickTodd harrisonSpace force future operationally resilient ground evolutionMissile systems centerInternational studiesNorthrop grumman aerospace systemsMissile system centerLayer of the national defense space architectureSpace development agency