计划在几年内开始 SDIO“千里眼”计划的空基测试,该计划有望比常规的弹道式导弹监视更多用作“火灾监控系统”来帮助拦截导弹。“千里眼”计划要求建立一个由40～50个重为1,000磅级大小的卫星组成的星座。这些卫星将部署在较低的轨道,以便在全球对战略及战术弹道式导弹进行跟踪。去年年末,与以 TRW 和洛克韦尔国际公司为首的工业财团签订了演示—验证阶段合同,随后,该计划迈出了具有重大意义的一步。 In a few years, it plans to begin space-based testing of SDIO’s “telescope” program, which is expected to be used more as a “fire monitoring system” to help intercept missiles than conventional ballistic missile surveillance. The “telescope” plan calls for the establishment of a constellation of 40 to 50 satellites weighing 1,000 pounds. These satellites will be deployed in lower orbits to track strategic and tactical ballistic missiles globally. At the end of last year, a demo-verification phase contract was signed with an industrial consortium led by TRW and Rockwell International, and then the plan took a significant step forward.