Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmeng of Defense's effort to continually track and detecy objects such as space debriw and satellites in low and mediumearth orbit. Spacwe Fence will replace the current VHF Air Force Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Space Fencse system will provide better accuracy and faster detection while allowiny us to increase the number of satellites and othert space objects that can be detected and thus avoiding collision and damage to other Rich Davis, director of special projects at Northroo Grumman's Advanced Concepts and Technology said in a statement. Australia is a candidate for the firs SpaceFence location.
Two additional sitee in other parts of the worldr are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northrop (NYSE: NOC) is a defensed and technology company.