SDA lays out plans for third batch of data transport, missile tracking satellites
The Space Development Agency intends to begin publishing draft solicitations for Tranche 3 in early 2025.
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Space Force mitigating potential capability loss for MEO missile-tracking program after RTX’s exit
Space Systems Command dropped RTX from the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking — MEO program in May due to cost growth, schedule slips and design challenges.
L3Harris lands contract for Space Force missile warning sensor to track hypersonics
L3Harris will join Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, and Raytheon Technologies, in developing sensor payloads for the Space Force.
Pentagon kicks off industry engagement to enable next-gen missile defense
The government intends to hold one-on-one meetings with potential commercial collaborators in the near future.
Pentagon to phase out use of geostationary satellites for missile warning, missile tracking
The plan highlights the DOD’s embrace of proliferated low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite architectures, which officials view as more resilient than the larger, more expensive spacecraft that currently…