Princeton-based tech firm SciTec was awarded a $5 million grant for a new missile warning technology prototype contract with the controversial Trump-era U.S Space Force, the firm announced on Feb. 7.
As part of its proposal, the “Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Sensor Specific Processing” – or FORGE SSP – would act as a missile warning and defense system.
It would take “raw sensor data” for data-crunching, said SciTec’s executive director of tactical systems David Simenc, by being incorporated into the U.S.’s satellite space surveillance systems.
The $5 million, nine-month prototype grant was awarded by the Space Enterprise Consortium, which is run by the U.S. Space Force, and will be produced out of its Colorado-based software development factory in tandem with the controversial defense firm Northrop Grumman.
“FORGE SSP will deliver the crucial first step” in missile defenses,” Simenc continued in the Monday statement. “SciTec has been a change agent” with the American military “for over 40 years, and we are thrilled to expand our partnership … driving modernization of mission data processing for missile warning.”
