{"id":132175,"date":"2026-05-29T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/29\/spacex-awarded-4-billion-space-force-contract-to-track-airborne-threats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:26:18","slug":"spacex-awarded-4-billion-space-force-contract-to-track-airborne-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/industry\/techwatch\/2026\/05\/29\/spacex-awarded-4-billion-space-force-contract-to-track-airborne-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX awarded $4 billion Space Force contract to track airborne threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX an over $4 billion contract for a program designed to track and target airborne threats globally from space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $4.16 billion agreement is meant to boost the delivery timeline of a \u201cspace-based sensing layer\u201d as part of the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator, or SB-AMTI, project, according to a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssc.spaceforce.mil\/Newsroom\/Article\/4503728\/us-space-force-accelerates-fielding-space-based-airborne-target-indicator-progr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Space Systems Command release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy focusing these capabilities to the space domain, we are providing the Joint Force with sustained battlespace awareness of contested airspace,\u201d Col. Ryan Frazier, acting Space Force portfolio acquisition executive for Space Based Sensing &amp; Targeting, said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 2028, the award is projected to field a constellation of satellites to assist the Joint Force in eliminating operational blind spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release states that traditional military airborne platforms to trace moving targets are confronting challenges as adversaries develop anti-access\/area-denial systems, or A2\/AD, propelling the need for more resilient tracking structures. The Space Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/20\/space-forces-15-year-vision-calls-for-more-personnel-simulators-and-survivability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">anticipates<\/a> operating second- and third-generation SB-AMTI systems by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SB-AMTI program represents a \u201cdeeper collaboration\u201d within the government space industrial base as it utilizes space-based sensors, secure and quick communication connections and ground processing, the announcement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will not leverage any one single provider; instead, we are partnering with a highly diversified pool of traditional and non-traditional vendors, each bringing various capabilities to support the SB-AMTI architecture, ensuring the Joint Force has access to a strong, competitive industrial base well into the future,\u201d Frazier said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Portfolio Acquisition Executive for SBST granted the Other Transaction Authority agreement by using a hybrid acquisition model to combine the OTA with an Indefinite Delivery\/Indefinite Quantity acquisition approach, the release says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX is not the only company in the SB-AMTI vendor pool. 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