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U.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking

U.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking
Pictured is a ballistic missile early warning radar (U.S. Space Force Photo)

U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) may award a contract for management and integration of the ground portion of the Resilient Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning and Tracking System (RMMWT). The latter is to include the fielding of "Epoch" satellite batches every two to three years. Last year, SSC awarded Boeing's [BA] Millenium Space Systems a $386 million contract for the second batch of six Epoch 1 MEO satellites (Defense Daily, Oct. 24, 2024). "Epoch 2 is not yet…

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