Air, Space Force Leaders Near Missile Warning Plan

March 11, 2020

Breaking Defense:

Senior Air Force and Space Force officials will meet Thursday to hash out an overarching architecture for missile warning satellites, part of a larger effort to figure out both what space systems the US needs for today and tomorrow, and which agencies are responsible for acquiring them.

Thursday’s meeting is a follow-on to the so-called Space Enterprise Architect Summit held Feb. 26-28, an Air Force spokesperson said. That first meeting kicked off the overarching effort to ensure that US military satellite programs across the board are integrated into a single, interconnected architecture. This includes figuring out the roles and responsibilities of Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), the Space Development Agency (SDA), the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

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