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BAE Systems clears critical design review for Space Force missile-tracking satellites

BAE Systems

Space Systems Command completed critical design review for the second batch of BAE-built MEO missile warning and tracking satellites.

Image: aviationweek.com
// sources · 2 attached
  1. [1]trade pressaviationweek.com↗
  2. [2]signals list · corroborationaviationweek.com↗

what happened

The U.S. Space Force completed the critical design review for the second batch of new missile warning and tracking (MWT) satellites destined for medium Earth orbit, per Aviation Week. The batch is the 10-satellite Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking Epoch 2 constellation built by BAE Systems, which cleared its preliminary design review in March 2026.

why it matters

BAE won the $1.2 billion Epoch 2 contract in 2025 to design and build the 10 satellites, expected to launch before the end of the decade, per DefenseScoop's report on the earlier design review. Clearing CDR on schedule keeps that production line intact and is a schedule proof point for BAE and System Delta 84 as other primes compete for follow-on tranches of the Pentagon's proliferated missile-tracking architecture.

signal-to-noise

WIDELY REPORTED
4/5
leadtier 3 of 5 on its owncorrob-1 earned from 1 rule
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3base tier 3 from lead source class "trade" (Aviation Week) aviationweek.com-1corroboration crawl ran and found nothing+2whitelist floor: whitelisted observer (4)
= 4current score, recomputed by the engine on every change
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quick facts

Companies
BAE Systems
Category
procurement
Impact
noise
SNR
4 / 5
Event date
2026-09-08
Published
2026-09-09 05:26 UTC
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