$99.6 Million Award Helps Implementation of FORGE Programme
Northrop Grumman has received a five-year, $99.6 million contract from the US Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific to provide mission-critical capabilities for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A), the company announced on 19 April.
The contract covers design, development, integration, test and delivery of the first of the next-generation relay ground stations to support legacy and future missile-launch and missile-warning detection satellites. “The advanced technologies we bring to this mission build on our proven capabilities to provide existing and future missile warning systems that help keep our nation and its allies safe,” said Aaron Dann, VP, Strategic Force Programs. “The model-based open-systems architecture provides the ability to rapidly deploy follow-on RGS systems in future locations around the world.”
The RGS-A award will help address the US Space Force’s mission to revolutionise existing missile warning and missile defence systems with the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system. A key element of the FORGE architecture includes relay ground stations that support existing and new satellite constellations, and the capability to handle changes in bandwidth and resilience.
NIWC Pacific will develop six antennas for RGS-A to enable the Space Systems Command (SSC) Next Generation Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Ground System to operate the legacy satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The antennas will be deployed to the island of Guam and remotely monitored and operated from the United States.
