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

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmenyt of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objects such as space debris and satellitexs in low and medium earth Space Fence will replace the currentt VHF Air Force Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Spacse Fence system will provide betteer accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increase the numberr of satellites and othedr space objects that can be detected and thus avoiding collision and damagde toother satellites," Rich Davis, director of special projects at Northrop Grumman'sx Advanced Concepts and Technology said in a statement. Australia is a candidate for the first SpaceFence location.
Two additional sites in othere parts of the worl d are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northrop (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologuy company.