EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,
Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, achieved the
Missile Track Custody (MTC) space vehicle Critical Design Review
(CDR) less than a year after authorization to proceed.
"The missile warning and defense architecture must be rapidly
fielded, resilient in a wartime environment and ready to defend the
Nation and our Allies," said Col. Heather
Bogstie, senior materiel leader for the SSC Space Sensing
Resilient Missile Warning, Missile Tracking, Missile Defense
(MW/MT/MD) program office. "MTC is a key element of that
architecture, proving out the ability to deliver a resilient
constellation with speed."
Millennium Space Systems will now deliver six space vehicles for
MTC Epoch 1. This includes the original contract option for two
additional vehicles and an expanded Other Transaction Authority
(OTA) for vehicles four through six.
"We're making the need for speed a reality," said Jason Kim, CEO, Millennium Space Systems. "MTC
is a critical capability in the nation's resilient, layered missile
warning and defense architecture, and schedule is paramount.
We are bringing all of Millennium's experience moving with speed to
meet operational imperatives."
The review for the full space segment of the program with a
complete space vehicle and constellation design was done in less
than five months after Preliminary Design Review (PDR), which was
completed in just four months.
"This timeline really required us to look at traditional CDR
requirements and decide what works and what doesn't," said
Lindsay Dewald, deputy program
manager, Millennium Space Systems MTC program. "And we changed the
paradigm, balancing between doing things differently while taking
advantage of a mature, flight-proven spacecraft baseline
architecture from multiple on-orbit constellations. Our vertical
integration also brings significant prior investments and an active
production line."
Since day one, digital engineering has been a central focus of
the program. The MTC space vehicle CDR builds on the digital,
model-based PDR of the MTC Mission Payload CDR from November 2022. The focus on digital engineering
streamlined data product generation and analysis as the space
vehicle design matured, as well as communications with suppliers
and customers.
"We are now full steam ahead on the production of six space
vehicles and getting into integration and test," said Dewald. "Our
focus in 2024 is performing high-fidelity testing before we hit the
floor with vehicle builds, reducing risks on the first vehicle,
which further reduces risks for the subsequent five vehicles."
About Millennium Space Systems
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
80% vertical integration enable the rapid delivery of small
satellites across missions and orbits – LEO, MEO and GEO.
Media Contact
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Marketing
dana.carroll@millennium-space.com
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