The Space Development Agency is planning to build a ground infrastructure for its experimental satellites that will demonstrate fire control sensors to advance missile threat tracking and detection capabilities, SpaceNews reported Saturday.
SDA has released a presolicitation notice for the Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure that will create a government-owned, contractor-operated cloud environment at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to run the Fire-control On Orbit Support to the Warfighter constellation.
“AFCGI represents a critical step towards demonstrating advanced fire control capabilities,” said Derek Tournear, director of SDA and a previous Wash100 awardee.
The agency is also planning to award a separate contract for the Advanced Fire Control Mission Integration system, which will process and integrate data from the FOO Fighter satellites into the SDA’s missile defense constellation.
Millennium Space Systems, a subsidiary of Boeing, is building eight fire control satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture under a $414 million other transaction authority agreement awarded in early May.
The FOO Fighter satellites are scheduled for launch in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027.
5/30/24 correction: Based on information initially reported by SpaceNews, ExecutiveGov previously stated that SDA is building two ground systems to demonstrate fire control sensors. The agency is building one, under two contracts.
