A Lockheed Martin rendering of a SBIRS missile warning satellite built on the LM 2100 Combat Bus. Photo: Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Command (SSC) on Tuesday said it has awarded SciTec, Inc. a $259 million contract to deliver a ground-processing capability that supports the U.S. Space Force’s legacy and new missile warning and tracking satellites.
The current Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) framework includes hardware and software that host overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) mission applications. The Space Force’s OPIR constellations include legacy Space-Based Infrared System satellites, the next-generation OPIR geosynchronous, polar, and Medium Earth Orbit spacecraft, and Low Earth Orbit constellations.
SciTec in March 2023 won a $46 million task order from SSC to continue developing the legacy SBIRS Sensors Specific Processing under the FORGE effort.
The competitive FORGE EOS Other Transaction Authority prototype agreement was awarded through the SSC Space Enterprise Consortium.
“EOS expands the aperture for industry innovation and will take the FORGE framework to the next level,” Lt. Col. Daniel Groller, SSC FORGE materiel leader, said in a statement. “By delivering a scalable, cyber-secure, and modular ground processing capability designed to meet the demands of an evolving OPIR enterprise, we ensure our warfighters have faster, more reliable access to critical missile warning and tracking data for modern warfare.”
This story was first published by Defense Daily