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NRO Formally Ends Contract with Terran Orbital for Commercial Radar

NRO Formally Ends Contract with Terran Orbital for Commercial Radar
Terran Orbital's new satellite manufacturing space in Irvine, Calif. Photo: Terran Orbital

Last month, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) formally ended a commercial radar contract the agency had with PredaSAR, now Terran Orbital [LLAP], the NRO said on Oct. 2. "PredaSAR did not meet the requirements, such as having a commercial remote sensing satellite on orbit, to move to Stage 2 and its contract ended in August 2023," the agency said in an email response to questions on which NRO cost and/or technical requirements Terran Orbital had not met. In January last…

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