SpaceX To Build Initial AMTI Network By 2028 With $4B Award

SpaceX launches NROL-105 for the National Reconnaissance Office on a Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 16, 2026 from Vandenberg SFB, California. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX launches NROL-105 for the National Reconnaissance Office on a Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 16 from Vandenberg SFB, California.

Credit: SpaceX
The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to stand up an initial space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) constellation by 2028. The award, which came out of the service’s nascent space-based sensing and targeting portfolio, was competitively won and meant to provide...
Vivienne Machi

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

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