Northrop Grumman acquires $1.8bn Space Force contract
The satellites are part of the militarys Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) program, a defence initiative aimed at enhancing missile threat detection from space.
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The satellites are part of the militarys Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) program, a defence initiative aimed at enhancing missile threat detection from space.
The MOSSAIC programme has an estimated contract value of up to $1.2 billion over 10 years.
The contract will integrate payloads onto the space vehicle platforms to support specific US Space Force missions.
Growing demand, new use cases and increasing pressure on delivering faster, more efficient, and cost-effective solutions are all driving virtualisation of the satellite ground segment. But several challenges remain ...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has selected a Lockheed Martin bus to build a missile-tracking satellite for the US Space Force.
The team will also provide spacecraft and payload design, assembly, integration, testing and ground support.
In order to increase speed, resilience, and cyber-hardening, NGG is being built on Lockheed Martin's LM 2100 Combat Bus.
The new digital payloads passed a critical design review in February 2020.
SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on Lockheed Martin's modernised, modular LM 2100 combat bus.
The contract is to develop a military satellite communications (Milsatcom) system which is a critical component of the US Space Forces strategy.
The new programme will interoperate with and eventually replace the US Space Forces advanced extremely high-frequency system.
The latest satellite increases the number of secure military code-enabled satellites in GPS Constellation to 22.
This is now the second SpaceX launch to be delayed by the coronavirus pandemic after the Argentinian space agency (CONAE) postponed its SAOCOM 1B Earth observation satellite launch.
The payloads hope to ensure adaptive, anti-jamming communications channels are available to allied forces in a contested environment.
