Space-Based Moving Target Indicator Plan A Scaled-Up NRO Design

Brian Everstine May 03, 2023

The Department of the Air Force is shifting the moving target indicator mission away from the E-8C Joint STARS to a new constellation of satellites.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Department of the Air Force’s future ground-moving target indication capability from space will be a scaled-up version of an existing National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-designed constellation, an adoption that the service says will allow them to operate the mission faster than expected. The...
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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