The MDA has now awarded concept and design GPI deals to Raytheon, Lockheed, and Northrop Grumman to strengthen what agency officials describe as a “layered defense.”
A satellite network can ensure that an incoming hypersonic missile can be continuously tracked to establish real-time “global coverage” that will predict the impact point.
The military currently gets much of its imagery from government satellites, but a constellation of LEO commercial satellites could provide high-quality imagery.
New upgrades will make improvements to various Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit Satellites so that they are able to establish a continuous radar track of a weapon moving as quickly as five times the speed of sound.
Hughes Resource Management System Seamlessly Switches Signal across SES's Geostationary and Medium Earth Orbit Satellites, Supporting Secure Connectivity for ISR, Even in Contested Environments Hughes