Optical cross-link technology is maturing at a critical juncture, with government and commercial customers pouring billions into proliferated constellations.
The U.S. is fielding proliferated space architectures to support missile warning and missile tracking, surveillance and reconnaissance, and secure comms.
The president’s vision of a comprehensive homeland defense system faces questions over how the project should be led in development and commanded in operations.
The company will use the facility to support the design, development and production of new space superiority solutions and expand its classified operations.
Firefly Aerospace won a launch service contract for the Space Force’s Victus Sol mission, the fifth in a series of orbital projects commissioned under TacRS.
As the service mulls what will come after the current Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, it is planning a service life extension program.
