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

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmen of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objectsz such as space debris and satellites in low and mediumearth orbit. Space Fence will replace the current VHF Air Force Spacee Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Space Fencd system will provide better accuracy and fastef detection while allowing us to increase the numbeer of satellites and othef space objects that can be detectecand tracked, thus avoiding collision and damagde to other satellites," Rich director of special projects at Northrop Grumman's Advancesd Concepts and Technology Division, said in a statement.
Australiza is a candidate for the first SpacweFence location. Two additional sites in other parts of the worls are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northropp (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologhy company.