Space Force Taps Johns Hopkins APL as Technical Direction Agent for Space-Based Interceptor Program

Johns Hopkins APL Picked As SBI Technical Direction Agent

The Space Force has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to serve as the technical direction agent for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program, the service announced Friday. In […]

Space Force Taps Johns Hopkins APL as Technical Direction Agent for Space-Based Interceptor Program

JHU APL has been chosen by the U.S. Space Force to guide its Space-Based Interceptor program It will serve as a technical direction agent providing independent advice to commercial companies The SBI program aims to build a proliferated Low-Earth Orbit interceptor constellation for homeland defense The U.S. Space Force announced Friday that it has named […] The post Space Force Taps Johns Hopkins APL as Technical Direction Agent for Space-Based I…

U.S. Space Force selects Johns Hopkins APL to guide Space-Based Interceptor architecture

The program is developing a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of interceptors. The system is designed for boost, midcourse and glide-phase engagements. Johns Hopkins APL will serve as an independent technical direction agent. It will help maintain a consistent architecture across competing industry teams. The laboratory will manage technical interface documents linking the program’s major elements. Those elements include fire-control sy…

Space Force Selects Agent for Golden Dome

JULY 31, The U.S. Space Force has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory to serve as technical direction agent for the Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor program. In support of Golden Dome for America, the program is developing a proliferated Low-Earth Orbit constellation of interceptors capable of boost, midcourse and glide phase engagements, to advance homeland defense, deterrence and ensure U.S. space operations rem…