UTC Wins Support Contract for ORS-1 as Satellite Nears End of Life

摘要

The U.S. Air Force has awarded United Technologies Corp. Aerospace Systems of Danbury, Connecticut, a $13.5 million contract for continued support for a one-of-a-kind tactical surveillance satellite, according to an Oct. 8 notice posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website. The Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-1 satellite, which launched in 2011, circles the globe every 90 minutes and provides visible and infrared imagery to U.S. forces operating in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.