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NRO to Build Satellite Payload for Long-Range Kill Chain

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

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NRO to Build Satellite Payload for Long-Range Kill Chain

An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron takes off during Black Flag 22-1 at Nellis AFB, Nev. on May 10 last year. Part of the exercise dealt with long-range kill chains (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Department of the Air Force's fiscal 2024 budget requests $243 million for a Long-Range Kill Chain program. The $243 million "is provided by the Space Force to the National Reconnaissance Office to build, integrate, and launch an auxiliary payload that will provide actionable information to warfighters through the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) as a key part of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept," the Air Force wrote in a March 23 email response to questions. "Additional…

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