Select missile defense radars beginning additional new mission: tracking space objects

By Jason Sherman / July 25, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Next month, the U.S. military will begin bringing online enhanced, dynamic space capabilities that allow select sea- and land-based radars originally designed for ballistic missile defense missions to simultaneously conduct the new task of tracking orbiting objects to help fill gaps in the Space Force's Space Surveillance Network. Specifically, the Missile Defense Agency is rolling out a new upgrade of the Command and Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system, a global web of workstations, servers and network equipment as...

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