Raytheon has received $605 million to develop a system for tracking hypersonic missiles from low Earth orbit

The United States Space Force will, for the foreseeable future, be receiving a missile tracking system that

will be located in medium Earth orbit. The development is carried out by Raytheon Intelligence & Space.

What is known

US Defense Contractor Receives $605 Millionfor the manufacture of prototype spacecraft that will be equipped with a missile tracking system. The contract also includes the delivery of real-time mission data processing components to support the ground system that receives and processes data from satellites.

The new system will enable the Space ForceThe United States to detect and track enemy high-precision hypersonic weapons. This was stated by Roger Cole, a representative of Raytheon Intelligence & Space.

The payload will be integrated into the platformLM400, which was developed by Lockheed Martin and introduced in 2021. The LM400 is designed specifically to accommodate military payloads.

For 2023, the so-called"critical systems design review". Within three years, the satellite must be prepared for launch. Work will take place at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin facilities in California and Colorado, respectively.