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Boeing Bids For Space Situational Awareness Contract

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn Boeing [BA] submitted a bid for the Air Force Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) contract, the company said yesterday. The program, valued at approximately $30 million, will demonstrate a system that detects threats to U.S. space assets using instruments hosted on satellites. A contract award is expected later this year. SASSA and other threat detection and warning systems are needed, critically, because potential enemies are gaining anti-satellite capabilities, imperiling U.S. and allied military and civilian space assets.…

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