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Space Development Agency Issues RFP For Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 21st, 2024

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Space Development Agency Issues RFP For Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure

Concept of Millennium's FOO Fighter constellation. Image: Millennium Space Systems

The Space Development Agency (SDA) last Thursday released a request for proposals (RFP) for the ground infrastructure for its fire control efforts, with bids due in early August and an award in December. The Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) will integrate space and ground efforts to demonstrate fire control as part of SDA’s larger Advanced Fire Control (AFC) effort. The AFCGI was previously called Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Futures Ground Integration. SDA said the AFGCI acquisition will be “central”…

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