Lockheed Martin's New Missile Tracking Spacecraft Aim to Defend U.S. Against Foreign Hypersonic Threats

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Lockheed Martin's New Missile Tracking Spacecraft Aim to Defend U.S. Against Foreign Hypersonic Threats

Lockheed Martin’s latest space vehicles will support the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), aiming to identify and track emerging ballistic threats in the age of a hypersonic glide missile arms race. The US Defense Department continually seeks a top view of incoming threats from the Arctic to near-Earth orbit. Longtime defense contractor Lockheed Martin is aiding that goal by supplying satellites …