- â–º InDyne Inc received an $11,847,426 modification for Option Year Three of FA251823C0002.
- â–º Total contract value with all options now $72,886,894.
- â–º Work to be performed at Cavalier Space Force Station, North Dakota.
- â–º PARCS radar provides ballistic missile warning and space surveillance.
- â–º Supports USSTRATCOM, NORAD, and Space Surveillance Network operations.
- â–º Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance funds are obligated at award.
Space Force Extends InDyne Contract For PARCS Radar Support
The Space Force has approved an $11,847,426 modification to a contract with InDyne Inc, adding Option Year Three of a deal for Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System support through February 2027.
The contract change, signed under FA251823C0002, brings the total on contract to $42,511,249 and a cumulative face value of $72,886,894 including all options. Fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance funds are being obligated as work begins.
Radar Support For Missile Warning And Space Surveillance
The Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System, or PARCS, is a ground‑based, ultra high frequency phased array radar at Cavalier Space Force Station in North Dakota. Its primary mission is to detect and track sea‑launched and intercontinental ballistic missile threats toward North America and provide launch and predicted impact data.
PARCS also feeds space launch and orbiting object data into the Space Surveillance Network, aiding broader space domain awareness efforts. The system supports national defense reporting lines to North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Strategic Command.
InDyne’s work supports day‑to‑day operations, maintenance, and sustainment of the radar and related systems, ensuring continuous readiness for missile warning and space surveillance tasks.
Program Continuity And Broader Context
This modification continues a multi‑year partnership under the original operations and maintenance contract awarded in 2023. That award covered sustained PARCS mission system support at the Cavalier facility through 2029.
PARCS traces its roots to the U.S. Army Safeguard missile defense program, transferred to Air Force control after decommissioning of Safeguard. Today the system remains one of the key ground‑based radars for the U.S. Space Force’s missile warning mission.
What This Means For Space Domain Awareness
Continued investment signals a sustained U.S. focus on resiliency of ground‑based sensors. PARCS remains vital to an overlapping network of early warning radars that together monitor missile threats and track thousands of space objects passing overhead.
The Space Operations Command’s Space Acquisition and Integration Office at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, is managing the contract.
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