Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking

Space Force awards SpaceX $4. 16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking Space Force awards SpaceX $4. 16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking.

The program is intended to detect, track and maintain custody of airborne targets including fighter aircraft, bombers, cruise missiles and potentially hypersonic weapons.

16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking WASHINGTON — The U. S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4. 16 billion contract to build a constellation of satellites designed to track airborne targets from orbit, marking one of the Pentagon's biggest bets yet on shifting battlefield surveillance missions from aircraft to space.