Updated SBSS FO strategy will address Air Force, NRO requirements

By Courtney Albon / March 24, 2017 at 12:40 PM
The Air Force confirmed this week it is working with the National Reconnaissance Office to jointly address indication and warning and space situational awareness requirements through its Space-Based Space Surveillance follow-on program. The service revealed Feb. 13 it would scrap parts of its SBSS follow-on plans in response to emerging resiliency requirements. In a March 22 email, spokeswoman Capt. Annmarie Annicelli told Inside the Air Force the service will team with the NRO to meet those requirements due largely to...

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