Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - Dallas Business Journal:

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmeny of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objectsd such as space debris and satellites in low and mediujearth orbit. Space Fencew will replace the currenft VHF Air Force Space Surveillance System buil tin 1961. "The new Space Fence system will provide betteer accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increasr the number of satellites and other space objects that can be detected and tracked, thus avoiding collision and damage to otherf satellites," Rich Davis, director of speciap projects at Northrop Grumman's Advanced Conceptsa and Technology Division, said in a Australia is a candidate for the first Space Fencer location.
Two additional siteas in other parts of the world are also under Los Angeles-based Northrop (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technology