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U.S. Navy Plans ‘Exponential’ Improvement in Space Domain Awareness

U.S. Navy Plans ‘Exponential’ Improvement in Space Domain Awareness
As part of the At-Sea-Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 exercise, the U.S. Navy Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG- 117) fired two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to engage ballistic missile targets launched from the Hebrides Range on May 26 and 30. The Ignatius is equipped with Aegis Baseline 9 (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Navy plans to have an "exponential" improvement in the service's space domain awareness (SDA) in the next several years with Aegis Weapon System upgrades planned for 30-40 ships, Rear Adm. Mike Bernacchi, the director of strategy, plans, and policy (J5) for U.S. Space Command, said on Aug. 26. "The Navy absolutely is planning, as part of the upgrades to the ships' systems, to have tremendous increase in space domain awareness capability," Bernacchi told a forum at the Space Foundation's…

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