DOD Could Field Space-Based Ground, Air MTI Sensors By 2030s

The Pentagon is moving toward space-based moving target indication capabilities, taking the mission over from the battle management crew on the recently retired E-8C J-Stars.

Credit: Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon/U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Space Force expects to field the initial set of satellite-based sensors to track moving targets in the air and on the ground within the next decade, the service’s No. 2 military official said Sept. 4. Congress has charged the Department of the Air Force to shift ground moving target...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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