While GEOST has made infrared sensors for classified systems in the ones and twos, the new contract will involve building infrared sensors designed to be used in a larger constellation, LightRidge CEO Bill Gattle told Breaking Defense.
"The current SDA infrastructure simply does not address the evolving threat capabilities our potential adversaries have deployed, let alone the ones they are developing," writes Joshua Hartman of GEOST.
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
Space System Command's overarching goal is to develop "diverse" capabilities for space domain awareness across all orbits.