Saturday, December 3, 2011

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

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The new Space Fencs is part ofthe U.S. Department of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objectz such as space debris and satellites in low and mediumkearth orbit. Space Fence will replacr the current VHF Air Force Spacde Surveillance System builtin 1961. "Thde new Space Fence system will provide better accuracyt and faster detection whiled allowing us to increase the number of satellites and othet space objects that can be detectesand tracked, thus avoiding collision and damags to other satellites," Rich director of special projects at Northrop Grumman'zs Advanced Concepts and Technology Division, said in a Australia is a candidate for the first Space Fence Two additional sites in other parts of the worldc are also under consideration.
Los Angeles-base Northrop (NYSE: NOC) is a defensd and technology company.

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