Pentagon Allocates $572.3 Million to Bolster Space Defense and Missile Warning

The U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced the award of a $572.3 million contract to Amentum Technology. The contract aims to develop a system for monitoring space attacks and providing missile attack warnings, covering the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment and Space Support program. Amentum Technology, based in Tullahoma, Tennessee, will provide operations, maintenance, and sustainment services for this system, in addition to existing space command and control systems and supporting tools. The work is to be performed at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado and is expected to be completed by September 27, 2033. The Department had allocated over $15 million from its Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations upon the contract's award.