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StatusApr 17, 2026

Space Force Kicks Off Effort to Build Airborne Targeting Satellites

Space Force Kicks Off Effort to Build Airborne Targeting Satellites
Image source: Air & Space Forces Magazine
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The Space Force has awarded a baseline contract to multiple vendors for a space-based airborne target tracking capability.

—The Space Force has selected an initial pool of vendors that will compete to build sensors and satellites that track airborne targets, as Pentagon officials push to transform the capability from a prototyping effort to an operational one.

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