Enterprise OPIR Solution (EOS)

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently awarded the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Enterprise Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Solution (EOS) contract to SciTec, Inc. on Apr. 24, 2025. The $259 million award was made through a competitive Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype agreement leveraging the SSC Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC). FORGE provides the cornerstone of a resilient OPIR ground architecture supporting legacy Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and Next-Gen OPIR satellite payloads such as Next-Gen OPIR GEO (NGG), Polar (NGP), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. It will also integrate capabilities from both FORGE and non-FORGE efforts, ensuring interoperability and mission flexibility across the missile warning and tracking enterprise. EOS builds upon the existing FORGE framework, which provides foundational hardware and software infrastructure, on which OPIR mission applications are built upon. Learn more in the EOS press release.