The systems will be equipped with fire control-quality sensors to address advanced missile threats such as hypersonic weapons.

"One of the biggest challenges is simply that early part of the decision-making in that counter kill chain," according to the DOD's principal director for directed energy.

Six of the satellites in the Tranche 2 tracking layer will provide fire control-quality data to warfighters, an SDA official said.

A new report from CSIS is intended to be a "cheat sheet" for policy makers weighing current and future sensor architecture designs.

The successful review paves the way for six satellites — part of Epoch 1 of the service’s Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking-MEO (MEO MW/MT) program —…

"They're coming here to meet with me in September and we're going to start to flesh out the details,” Pentagon CTO Heidi Shyu said.

Northrop Grumman has delivered a 10-kilowatt system named Phantom that the company says is about the size of a mini fridge.

The Defense Department has formally agreed to team up with Japan’s Ministry of Defense on a Glide Phase Interceptor cooperative development program.

L3Harris will join Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, and Raytheon Technologies, in developing sensor payloads for the Space Force.

Vice Adm. Jon Hill mentioned directed energy technologies like high-power continuous wave lasers, a pulsed laser or high-powered microwaves as options the MDA could explore.