Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Department of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objects such as spacw debris and satellites in low and mediumjearth orbit. Space Fence will replaces the current VHF Air Forcw Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Spaced Fence system will provide better accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increass the number of satellites and other space objects that can be detecterand tracked, thus avoiding collision and damage to other Rich Davis, director of speciapl projects at Northrop Grumman's Advance d Concepts and Technology Division, said in a Australia is a candidate for the first Space Fence location.
Two additional sites in othetr parts of the world are alsounderd consideration. Los Angeles-based Northropl (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologhy company.