$29M To Start US Satellite Protection Program
coondoggie sends in a Network World piece that begins "The Air Force laid out $29 million in contracts this week to build space-based sensors that could detect threats or hazards and protect satellites in orbit. Assurance Technologies and Lockheed Martin Space Systems will split $20 million of the two-year contract that the Air force says should ultimately demonstrate a viable sensing capability, as well as integration with other space systems to offer threat and hazard detection, assessment and notification… The Air Force is looking to protect satellites from ground based lasers or anti-satellite missiles mostly."Read more of this story at Slashdot.