- The U.S. Space Force selected 14 companies to compete under a $1.8B, 10-year contract vehicle (Andromeda)to modernize space domain awareness.
- Key players include:
- Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman
- L3Harris, Sierra Space, True Anomaly, Redwire
- Focus: building next-gen systems to:
- Track, identify, and analyze objects in orbit
- Replace legacy GSSAP satellite constellation
Autonomy angle:
These systems will rely heavily on:
- AI-enabled object detection and classification
- Autonomous orbital tracking and behavior prediction
- Real-time threat identification without constant human input
Why this matters:
This is a major architectural shift:
From a few exquisite satellites → distributed, autonomous sensing constellations
