RTX cut from MEO missile warning/missile tracking program

By Shelley K. Mesch / June 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
As Space Systems Command attempts to quickly field its missile warning/missile tracking satellites, it has canceled a contract with RTX for failing to meet cost and timeline schedules. “At the end of May, the [Medium Earth Orbit] Missile Warning, Tracking and Defense Delta notified RTX that it would be discontinuing its contractual agreement to produce missile warning/ missile tracking satellites after a successful design closure event in June 2024,” an SSC spokesperson said in an email to Inside Defense ...

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