Space Systems Command and Sandia National Laboratories have completed the systems requirements review for the ground segment of the former’s United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System.
SSC said Thursday its next-generation USNDS ground system is slated to undergo a preliminary design review in February 2024 in preparation for its scheduled deployment in 2028.
In collaboration with Sandia, the lead contractor of the USNDS, SSC reviewed the two critical components of the system, the NDS Analysis Package Ground Station and Sandia Data Analysis and Display System, in May at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
The team initially reviewed the requirements of the Integrated Correlation and Display System USNDS ground systems in February.
The space-based USNDS system consists of sensor payloads hosted on GPS satellites that work to provide real-time information on nuclear events in Earth’s atmosphere and near space.
The current USNDS ground system has been operating on Cheyenne Mountain and in Denver, Colorado since 2013.
