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Air Force Awards BAE Systems $60 Million To Maintain Space Systems

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

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The Air Force awarded BAE Systems a series of contract modifications worth more than $60 million to continue supporting three large radar and telescope systems used for missile warning and space surveillance missions, according to a company statement. The three systems, the Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS), the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) and the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System (GEODSS) help detect and identify various man-made objects in space, such as active or inactive…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Pentagon

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Congress

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