No warning. All work stopped today. Find another job.
9 replies (most recent on top)
@35s
Northrop said the delivery “keeps the missile warning program on track.” But days earlier, the Pentagon’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget disclosed that the Space Force “intends to terminate” the polar program and includes no funding for the program going forward.
The move to cancel Next-Gen OPIR Polar reflects a broader shift inside the Pentagon away from large, bespoke satellites toward more distributed constellations in lower orbits. Budget documents say funding for Polar OPIR is zeroed out beginning in 2027 because the Space Force no longer sees a critical need for the capability, citing investments in missile-warning systems in low and medium Earth orbit.
“Due to projected polar coverage from the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) layers of the Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking (MW/MT), a risk-informed decision has been made to terminate the Next-Gen OPIR Polar program,” the document states.
"Despite the funding boost, not all programs survived. A day before the budget drop, the Space Force ki-led a long-troubled GPS ground system dubbed OCX. And on budget day, the DAF spokesperson confirmed the Space Force is not requesting any funding for a missile warning satellite in polar orbit, known as Next-Gen Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar, or NGP."
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/space-force-shifts-from-sda-transport-layer-to-new-space-data-network-backbone-for-orbital-relay/
"However, the FY27 budget documents show that the planned effort to put two Next-Gen OPIR birds built by Northrop Grumman on orbit by 2030 has been zeroed out. The service likewise zeroed out the polar birds in FY26, however Congress reinstated $436 million to pursue their development. The Space Force did not respond by press time to a request for comment; nor did Northrop Grumman."
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/golden-dome-spending-plan-fy27-budget-space-force/
Don't see anything in the press about NGP being cancelled.
NG, LM, RTX, Boeing are turning into Dell and HP. Stable but slowly shrinking hardware manufacturers, completely irrelevant in technology innovation. These new defense tech companies are like Google and Nvidia, leading the frontier projects. They will fail a lot but they will also invent a lot.
@1ky with more little companies or startups competing I think the days of NG, LM and Boeing are counted
Not OP but it’s real. There was a stop work order. Space Force also zeroed out NGP in their 2027 budget again publicly last week. Space Force already tried to cut it in 2026 budget but congress saved it.
@OP is this just a troll comment or real?
@fz What does this mean? Is done with layoffs or is going to close?
Azusa is done