{
  "id": 16411,
  "url": "https://defensescoop.com/2026/08/04/space-force-awards-contracts-aircraft-tracking-satellites",
  "title": "Space Force awards $615M in deals for second batch of aircraft-tracking satellites",
  "summary": "The new contracts build off the $4.16 billion award given to SpaceX in May, which tasked the company to develop an initial satellite constellation for the SB-AMTI program. The post Space Force awards $615M in deals for second batch of aircraft-tracking satellites appeared first on DefenseScoop .",
  "authors": "measley",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-04T22:13:21.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-05T05:10:44.550Z",
  "source_slug": "x-defensescoop",
  "source_name": "DefenseScoop",
  "source_homepage": "https://defensescoop.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16411",
  "original_url": "https://defensescoop.com/2026/08/04/space-force-awards-contracts-aircraft-tracking-satellites",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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