Blue Origin, Boeing, Umbra revealed as Space Force SB-AMTI vendors
Blue Origin · Boeing · Umbra
Blue Origin, Boeing and Umbra signed SB-AMTI contracts June 2, growing the Space Force's tracking-satellite vendor pool to 12 companies.
what happened
Blue Origin, Boeing and Umbra are now listed as vendors for the Space Force's space-based air moving target indicator (SB-AMTI) program, with contracts signed June 2, per Aviation Week. The addition brings the program's total vendor pool to 12 companies, alongside previously named participants L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, Systems and Technology Research, Visto 360 AI, Wildstar, York Space Systems and SpaceX.
why it matters
SB-AMTI is the Space Force's program to track airborne targets from orbit as an alternative to aircraft like AWACS, and it has become a proving ground for pairing traditional primes with commercial space vendors. Adding Boeing and Blue Origin alongside Umbra, an established commercial RF-sensing operator, widens the competitive field the Space Force can draw on for follow-on task orders beyond SpaceX's $4.16 billion lead award and the $615 million second batch that went to Rocket Lab and STR.
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quick facts
- Companies
- Blue Origin, Boeing, Umbra
- Category
- contract
- Impact
- notable
- SNR
- 2 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-06-02
- Published
- 2026-09-05 17:27 UTC