
The Space Force needs to consider several risks to the progress of its next-generation missile warning satellite program, including the fact that its ground system may not be ready when the first satellite is delivered, according to an annual government watchdog report on defense acquisition programs released June 3. The Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Block 0 program was launched by the Air Force in 2018 to build new missile-warning satellites in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). It is now managed…