Millennium Space Systems Rapidly Completes FOO Fighter Review Milestone
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Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, has rapidly completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter
Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space Mission Systems, emphasized the project's focus on meeting warfighter needs and the significance of completing the PDR quickly. Doug Hulse, portfolio lead at Millennium Space Systems, noted that the company's common bus architecture allowed them to concentrate on the critical mission aspects during the PDR. The company is now working towards the critical design review, scheduled for early 2025.
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- Rapid completion of preliminary design review in just four months
- Contract to deliver eight satellites, ground system, and mission operations
- Demonstration of advanced missile defense capability
- Leveraging existing common bus architecture for efficient design process
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"Just like the name says, our focus is the warfighter and ensuring our system can perform the mission they need," said Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems. "FOO Fighter really showcases our team's ability to meet the mission, supporting a real-time warfighter need. Completing PDR in such a short timeframe is significant because it validates the feasibility and design of the system, ensuring we are moving with pace to meet mission requirements."
FOO Fighter will demonstrate advanced missile defense capability by incorporating fire control-quality sensors into a prototype constellation.
Millennium Space Systems has direct experience with proven real-time space operations and data dissemination, and has also developed and demonstrated a flexible framework, enabling high-performance edge processing for real-time fire-control target tracking.
"We're building off our common bus architecture, so our bus design is solid," said Doug Hulse, portfolio lead, Millennium Space Systems. "For PDR, that allowed us to focus on the mission itself – that's what's critical."
The company is now working toward critical design review in early 2025.
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Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a small satellite prime, delivering high-performance constellation solutions for National Security Space. Founded in 2001, the company's active production lines and
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