{"id":167451,"date":"2023-07-13T12:24:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/space-force-wants-foo-fighters-satellites-to-combat-hypersonic-missiles"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:24:49","slug":"space-force-wants-foo-fighters-satellites-to-combat-hypersonic-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/space-force-wants-foo-fighters-satellites-to-combat-hypersonic-missiles","title":{"rendered":"Space Force wants \u2018FOO Fighters\u2019 satellites to combat hypersonic missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXGWuVglDTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The US Space Force has published a call for a new constellation of hypersonic missiles detecting and tracking satellites dubbed \u201cFOO Fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States Space Force\u2019s Space Development Agency (SDA) has published a draft solicitation for a \u201cFOO Fighter\u201d satellite constellation. The Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter program gives it its full name, F2; the constellation is intended to detect, track, and coordinate the interception of hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Published on July 7, 2023, the program asks for eight satellites fitted with infrared and optical sensors. These satellites will aid in detecting, warning, and precisely tracking advanced missile threats, including\u2026 More.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>NicoElNino\/iStock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Space Force has published a call for a new constellation of hypersonic missiles detecting and tracking satellites dubbed \u201cFOO Fighter.\u201d The United States Space Force\u2019s Space Development Agency (SDA) has published a draft solicitation for a \u201cFOO Fighter\u201d satellite constellation. The Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter program gives it its full name, F2; the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}