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The former Space and Missile Systems Center established a Program Integration Council (PIC) that includes representatives from the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies that acquire space systems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/31/2021Aerospace Corp. CEO sees winds of change in space procurement

Northrop Grumman successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center using the company’s Pegasus XL rocket.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT6/13/2021Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches USSF / SMC’s TacRL-2 Payload

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium plans to issue a request for prototype proposals by 2021-06-30.

NARRATIVE PLAN5/23/2021Space Force looking to build new radar sites to track objects in high orbits

The Atlas V rocket will launch the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/1/2021ULA’s Atlas V Arrives @ Canaveral To Launch The Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite For The USSF

The Space and Missile Systems Center is the U.S. Space Force’s center of acquisition excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/10/2021USSF Awards Four Task Orders For FY21 Phase 2 Launch Missions

FORGE is focused on processing OPIR data and is partnering with the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) for tactical command and control of future satellites using common standards.

ORG RELATIONSHIP2/1/2021An open system for missile-warning satellite data is in the works but faces challenges

The Space and Missile Systems Center established a software factory in Los Angeles named Kobayashi Maru to develop cloud-based applications for tracking space objects and sharing data with allies.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/29/2021Space Command to expand network of allies that help monitor orbital traffic

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) achieved a milestone on 2020-09-30 when the GPS Foreign Military Sales (FMS) office received its first M-code MGUE order.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/7/2021U.S. ally Germany to receive modern military GPS user equipment

The Space and Missile Systems Center is located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California and serves as the center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/5/2020Successful Launch for SMC and Partners’ Fourth GPS III Satellite

The Space and Missile Systems Center has an annual budget of about $9,000,000,000 and is the military’s largest buyer of space technologies.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/14/2020Space Force seeks to influence private sector investments in space technology

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three Other Transaction Authority agreements on 2020-06-03 with a total value of $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics, and Raytheon Technologies to develop weather satellite prototypes.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/4/2020General Atomics to design Space Force weather satellite prototype

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three Other Transaction Authority agreements on 2020-06-03 totaling $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group, and Raytheon Technologies to develop prototypes for the Electro Optical/Infrared Weather Satellite System.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/2/2020Raytheon designs prototype for Space Force weather satellite

Collins Aerospace was one of three companies selected on 2020-07-08 by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to develop new GPS handheld devices for the U.S. military.

NARRATIVE PLAN7/31/2020BAE Systems completes acquisition of Collins’ military GPS business

The Space and Missile Systems Center plans to deploy all five Next-Gen OPIR satellites by 2029.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/18/2020Northrop Grumman gets $2.3 billion Space Force contract to develop missile-warning satellites

Space and Missile Systems Center is developing the Next Generation OPIR Block 0 that is scheduled to launch in 2025.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/11/2020L3Harris to begin pre-launch work on ‘Wide Field of View’ missile defense satellite

In 2016 the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded prototype development contracts worth $39,000,000 to Raytheon, $38,000,000 to L3Harris, and $33,000,000 to Viasat to develop prototype modems.

NARRATIVE PLAN3/30/2020L3Harris, Raytheon each win $500 million contracts for military satcom modems

SMC 2.0 is an initiative to revise the Space and Missile Systems Center’s approach to producing weapon systems by flattening the organization, delegating responsibilities to appropriate levels, expanding partnerships with industry and allies, incorporating more innovation into space systems, and changing the culture to become less risk averse.

NARRATIVE PLAN2/4/2020SMC wants to take “smart risks” with nontraditional partners

The Space and Missile Systems Center is working to integrate the WASP payload with a satellite bus acquired from Millennium Space Systems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP8/7/2019Air Force seeking new partner to complete work on experimental missile warning satellite

The immediate test for the reorganized Space and Missile Systems Center is to begin developing a constellation of missile warning and surveillance satellites to replace the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).

NARRATIVE GOVERNANCE4/28/2018Air Force confident it can build satellites faster. A bigger concern: software