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Northrop Grumman to develop additional relay ground stations to support USSF’s next generation OPIR program

May 5, 2025

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) to provide advanced relay ground stations in the U.S. and […]

Filed Under: Defense Systems, Ground Station Tracking, Ground Stations, Military, Missile Warning, Missile Warning System, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC), News, Next Generation, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Program, Northrop Grumman, OPIR, Satellite Tracking, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Systems Command

BAE Systems selected to enhance ground system for U.S. Space Force missile warning satellites

April 28, 2025

BAE Systems has been selected by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to provide a new satellite command and control (C2) system for its Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) […]

Filed Under: BAE Systems, Command and Control (C2), Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system, Military, Military Contracts, Military Defense, Missile Warning Satellites, News, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Program, OPIR, SBIRS, Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command

SSC’s SBIRS Baseline Release control authority transferred to Space Operations Command

April 18, 2024

The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command, through its Space Sensing Product Support Delta (SNP), has successfully completed the trial period of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Baseline Release […]

Filed Under: 2nd Space Warning Squadron (2 SWS), Military, News, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Program, OPIR, SBIRS SBR23-1, Space Sensing Product Support Delta (SNP), Space Systems Command, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Systems Command, United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Systems Command, USSF Space Operations Command, Virtual Machines (VM), Virtualized Processing Environment Release (ViPER)

BAE Systems to develop ground system prototype for U.S. Space Force missile warning system 

February 28, 2024

 BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) to provide a prototype ground system for the U.S. Space Force’s SSC Future Operationally Resilient Ground […]

Filed Under: BAE Systems, Battle Tracking, Command and Control (C2), Flight Dynamics, FORGE C2 (SSC), Military, Mission Management, OPIR, SBIRS, Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC), SSC, Telemetry, U.S. Space Force

The Space Enterprise Consortium being used by L3Harris for the Missile Track Custody program + also awarded a million$$ contract

June 11, 2023

L3Harris will develop a mission payload design to support the Missile Track Custody (MTC) program, through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle awarded contract. The U.S. […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Deployable Comms, Global Lightning, L3Harris Technologies, Military, Millennium Space Systems, MILSATCOM, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Missile Track Custody (MTC), OPIR, Raytheon I&S, Space Development Agency (SDA), Space Enterprise Consortium, U.S. Air Force

West Coast Solutions developing new tech for satellites

January 18, 2023

The West Coast Solutions HBS (Hybrid Battery Supercapacitor) enables a new generation of high-power payloads on smallsats by providing >700W sustained power from a 1U (1000 cc) hybrid battery. Targeted […]

Filed Under: Battery Management System, FPGA, Hardware, OPIR, SBIR, SmallSat, Supercapacitor, Thermal Imaging

Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s contract with U.S. Space Force for missile track custody system

January 4, 2023

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a prime contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system for the U.S. Space Force. MTC is the service’s first Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]

Filed Under: Buses, Business Moves, Command + Control, Contracts, Data Processing, Final Design Review, Lockheed Martin, Manufacturing, MEO, Missile Tracking, OPIR, Prototypes, Raytheon I&S, Space Vehicles, Space Warfighting, U.S. Space Force, Warfighters Tagged With: Featured

Space Systems Command issues million$$$ contract to SciTec

September 9, 2022

Space Systems Command‘s (SSC) Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program has awarded a Cost-Plus Incentive Fee contract for $272 million to SciTec Inc. for Mission Data Processing Application Provider […]

Filed Under: Battlespace, Business Moves, Contracts, Military, Missile Warning, News, OPIR, Raytheon I&S, SBIRS, Space Systems Command, SpEC OTA, Tracking Tagged With: Featured

Northrop Grumman Building Expansion Will Support OPIR + AMS Programs

March 25, 2022

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has opened their newest building in Longbow Park in Boulder, Colorado, to support the growth of the firm’s Overhead Persistent Infrared Exploitation (OPIR) and Advanced […]

Filed Under: Building, Business Moves, OPIR, Research Lab, RF

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