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PDR for FOO Fighter Done, Millennium Says

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 7th, 2024

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PDR for FOO Fighter Done, Millennium Says

Pictured is a schematic of FOO Fighter (Millennium Space Systems)

Boeing's [BA] Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, Calif., said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company's low Earth orbit Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) constellation, which is to be a key part of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Millennium said on Monday that the completion of PDR came four months after Millennium received "authorization to proceed" on FOO Fighter and that the company plans a critical design…

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