The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital announced a $150 million loan agreement to space intelligence company LeoLabs to expand its manufacturing capacity and add dozens of radars to its global network by 2030.
ground-based space domain awareness
The Space Force is close to transitioning to the next phase of a key upgrade to its Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance radar to operational users, according to the head of Combat Forces Command.
As the Space Force looks to expand its ability to track objects in orbit, a series of ground-based radars coming in the next few years could help fill gaps in coverage.