SDA: FOO Fighter Targets Classified Threats Existing Plan Can’t Cover

Raytheon will build seven satellites with sensors to track advanced missile threats under an SDA contract. 

Credit: Raytheon
The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to take its existing playbook for testing near-term tracking and transport experimental satellites and shift it toward the next generation of missile tracking constellations with an eye on classified threats. This is the focus of the recently announced Fire...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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