The United States is deploying a new missile-tracking satellite constellation that operates from low-Earth orbit and Raytheon Technologies has recently been awarded a contract valued at over $250 million to design, develop, and deliver the constellation. This constellation will consist of seven vehicles to provide missile warning and tracking for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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The satellite constellation is part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, which aims to provide warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats including emerging threats posed by hypersonic missiles.
Raytheon Technologies has been developing missile warning systems for decades, and through acquisitions of companies like Blue Canyon Technologies and SEAKR Engineering, it has expanded its space payload and satellite bus capabilities and expertise. Raytheon Technologies has been developing missile warning systems for decades, and through acquisitions of companies like Blue Canyon Technologies and SEAKR Engineering, it has expanded its space payload and satellite bus capabilities and expertise.
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