Military & Aerospace Electronics

U.S. Space Force experts are taking another step toward deploying four new satellites to keep watch over Earth’s norther polar region to provide early warning of ballistic missile launches toward the United States.

Officials of the Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., announced a $93.8 million order to the Northrop Grumman Corp. Space Systems segment in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Monday for Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) space vehicles 1 and 2.

This order brings $2.75 billion that U.S. Space Force officials have spent so far on the first two NGP polar satellites 1 and 2. The satellites will use advanced infrared sensors to detect and track ballistic missile launches.

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