The Space Force has selected BAE Systems to provide 10 satellites for the second phase of its Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning and Tracking program, awarding the company a $1.2 billion contract.

The service announced the award Monday, making the company the first to be on contract for the program’s second installment , dubbed Epoch 2.

“This allows for additional resiliency in the missile warning and tracking satellite architecture,” Lt. Col. Brandon Castillo, materiel leader for Epoch 2, said in a statement.

The program is one layer of the Space Force’s plan to strengthen its ability to detect and track Chinese and Russian missile threats from space, including medium Earth orbit , or MEO, which resides between 1,200 and 22,000 miles above Earth.

The service plans to deliver new M

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