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U.S. Space Force Targets September Next Year for ATLAS IOC

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U.S. Space Force Targets September Next Year for ATLAS IOC
U.S. Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal, the commander of Mission Delta 2--Space Domain Awareness, delivers remarks on Oct. 31st. The new Mission Deltas--Mission Delta 2 and Mission Delta 4 – Missile Warning and Tracking--join Mission Delta 31 - Navigation Warfare and Mission Delta 3 – Electromagnetic Warfare. The Space Force Mission Deltas "oversee all aspects of mission area functions – people, training, equipment and combat sustainment," the service said (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force said this week that it has informed Congress that September next year will mark initial operational capability (IOC) of the L3Harris [LHX] Advancing Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS). Section 1607 of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act gave the Department of the Air Force until the end of March this year to specify a date for ATLAS IOC (Defense Daily, Feb. 26). The law says that the department is to cancel the program, if…

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