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SMC Releases RFI for New Deep Space Radar Program Worth $927 Million over FYDP

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, February 20th, 2020

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SMC Releases RFI for New Deep Space Radar Program Worth $927 Million over FYDP

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The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has released a request for information (RFI) and industry day announcement related to a future program to build a new deep space radar system that could be worth nearly $1 billion over the next five years. The Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) will select from the most promising technologies to detect, track and maintain custody of objects in deep space orbit to build a new augmented sensor that supports the U.S. military’s…

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