High-value assets in space means positioning both exquisite payloads and quick-react, short-term, inexpensive small sats across orbital regimes to accomplish specific missions.
By Breaking Defense
Two of the five OPIR missile warning satellites will be polar-oriented to sense ballistic missile threats from adversaries. All five are designed to not only detect launches but to track missiles as they maneuver.
By Breaking Defense
Given its mission and criticality, execution speed will enable MDA to make a down-select and award a production contract so NGI can be fielded before it’s needed.
By Breaking Defense
In addition to providing new “tenets” for Space Force officials, “I’m really messaging three things to industry — that I really want them to give me credible proposals, and I really want them to execute, and I’m not going to tolerate poor performance,” Frank Calvelli told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
SpRCO head Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense in an interview that the “operational integration” process involves “tens of force generation elements with POAMS [plans of action and milestones] that take years to close everything out.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Mandrake 2’s next trick, after demonstrating optical intersatellite links, will be using lasers for space-to-ground communications.
By Theresa Hitchens