Event Brief
DIU and Space Force to prototype commercial GEO monitoring sats
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Summary: The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Space Force are teaming to accelerate development of commercially built satellites to monitor geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). DIU’s GHOST-R project will feed the Space Force’s RG-XX program, with Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly selected to develop and fly prototypes by 2028.
WHO: Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Space Force; Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly; Col. Bryon McClain (acting SSC portfolio acquisition executive for Space Combat Power)
WHAT: DIU and Space Force collaboration to rapidly prototype commercial GEO monitoring satellites for the RG-XX program, using DIU’s GHOST-R as a feeder.
WHEN: 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: The Space Force is leveraging rapid prototyping to reduce technical risk, lower lifecycle costs, and transition successful prototypes into the program of record faster for a more resilient architecture.
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