SMC remote sensing directorate planning for transition to new architecture

By Courtney Albon / September 30, 2016 at 12:22 PM
As the Air Force looks to modernize its weather and space-based missile warning systems over the next several years, the Space and Missile Systems Center's remote sensing directorate is preparing to transition its focus from operating legacy systems to developing and producing those new constellations. The remote sensing directorate manages a $48 billion portfolio that includes the service's Space-Based Infrared System program as well as its weather assets -- both of which are on deck for modernization efforts over the...

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