Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking technologies
The contracts support development of a space-based sensor system to detect and track airborne threats.
The companies, along with a third unidentified vendor, won $615 million in contracts for the AMTI satellite program The post Rocket Lab, STR win Space Force contracts for airborne-target tracking technologies appeared first on SpaceNews.
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