The Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System, also known as RAIDRS is a ground-based
space control system that provides near real-time event detection.
Mission
RAIDRS will be a family of systems being designed to detect, report, identify, locate, and classify attacks against military space assets. RAIDRS will include detection sensors, information processors, and a reporting architecture. The RAIDRS system will detect and report attacks on both ground and space-based elements of operational space systems. It will notify operators and users, and carry information to decision-makers
Block 10
* Worldwide network of sensors; Centralized management
* Detect, Identify, Characterize SATCOM EMI interference
* Identify signal characteristics
* Geo-locate SATCOM EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference)
* Report interference on blue space systems and/or services
Block 20
* Commander's decision support tool that provides Defensive Counterspace (DCS) attack assessment
* Integrates and processes critical Space Situation Awareness (SSA) information to provide the integrated space picture that enables DCS operations
* Multi-level distributed data fusion; Advanced visualization
Contract Information
The RAIDRS system is unique in the acquisitions process for being tailored to small businesses and utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software.
According to the Air Force budget, the service intends to spend about $16 million in 2005 on the RAIDRS program; $16.4 million in 2006; $12.1 million in 2007; $12.4 million in 2008; and $66.6 million in 2009.
Contractor:
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Locations
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Peterson AFB
Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a U.S. Space Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the Nor ...
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Colorado
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(2007–present) (Central Operating Location)
References
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16th Space Control Squadron
The 16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron (16 EWS) is an active United States Space Force unit, stationed at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado as part of the Space Delta 3. The squadron protects critical satellite communication links to detect, ...
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380th Space Control Squadron
The United States Air Force's 380th Space Control Squadron (380 SPCS) is a space control unit located at Peterson AFB, Colorado.
Mission
The 380 SPCS is the Reserve Associate Unit to the 16th Space Control Squadron. They jointly conduct space e ...
External links
21st Space Wing Factsheet: 16th Space Control Squadron*
ttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/af/af_hdbk_cong/space.pdf Air War College: Space Acquisition Projects"New squadron activates at Peterson", 21st Space Wing Public Affairs, 21 May 2007Space and Missile Systems Center: Transforming Military Space, 30 Nov 2006
Military space program of the United States
Equipment of the United States Air Force
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