Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS)
Abstract
EWS will focus on an overlapping multi-phased approach intended to mature multi-spectral imaging capabilities to collect and disseminate terrestrial atmospheric phenomena to support Department of Defense (DoD) operations. Primary effort will focus on competitive prototyping of the latest industry sensor and bus designs, development, integration, test, launch and successful on-orbit demonstrations. This effort will also assess current industrial capability to deliver CC and TWI data in a viable commercial service business, hosted on a proliferated LEO mesh network. Program will minimize technology maturity risks by evaluating multiple, competitive EO/IR sensors, satellite vehicle prototypes and commercial services in order to inform a decision on a cost-effective system or service to replace the legacy DMSP constellation and EWS-G in a timely manner. Per the approved EWS Acquisition Strategy, the Program Office will continue to competitively prototype sensor and bus designs for a proliferated-LEO architecture while leveraging the existing SBEM Family of Systems (Phase II), and on-ramp to an operational system (Phase III) based on the success of Phase II in time to operationally replace DMSP and EWS-G at their end of life. Leveraging the success of these efforts, the Program Office intends to field an affordable and highly capable operational replacement system in Phase III.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- c0ac58dced55795967c5e0c365e51ef6
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