DOW Awards $11 Million Contract Modification for PARCS Operations at Cavalier Space Force Station

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BISMARCK, N.D. – A key missile defense warning and tracking radar system based in North Dakota received a big boost this week, when the U.S. Department of War (DOW)increasedits contract with InDyne Inc. by $11,847,426. The funding will support work at Cavalier Space Force Station’s Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS), which tracks more than half of all objects orbiting Earth and serves as one of the first lines of defense against incoming missile attacks.
Cavalier is home to the 10th Space Warning Squadron, which operates and maintains PARCS. The radar enables Cavalier Space Force Station to provide missile warning and space surveillance data to North American Aerospace Defense Command, United States Space Command, and other combatant commanders.
“The early-warning and missile tracking capabilitiesofPARCS up at Cavalier Space Force Station is a legacy, it’s a North Dakota legacy, it’s a national security legacy, and a real cornerstone of national defense and central to our missile defense framework in our country,”said U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), chair of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Airland Subcommittee.“This contract modification provides additional support for PARCS operations, and it also importantly reinforces North Dakota’s role in protecting the nation. Maintaining our strategic advantage in space and missile defense is essential to the country and North Dakota is essential to the mission.”
The contract modification raises the total awarded amount to $42,511,249, bringing the cumulative face value to $72,886,894 for the base and all options. Work is expected to be completed by February 2027.
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