{
  "id": "next-gen-opir",
  "name": "Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR)",
  "aliases": [
    "Next-Gen OPIR",
    "OPIR"
  ],
  "domain": "space",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Missile warning satellite constellation",
  "status": "in-development",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "summary": "Successor to SBIRS with more sensitive infrared sensors to track dimmer targets such as hypersonic weapons.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "orbit_regime",
      "v": "GEO",
      "src": [
        "asf-sbirs"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "contractor",
      "v": "Lockheed Martin (GEO); Northrop Grumman (polar)",
      "src": [
        "asf-sbirs"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "First GEO satellite delayed to FY26 by payload issues; FY2027 budget request cancels the polar (HEO) segment; FORGE ground system serves SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR",
      "src": [
        "asf-sbirs"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "satellite",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from cited open sources"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/next-gen-opir.html",
  "sources": {
    "asf-sbirs": {
      "title": "Space-Based Infrared System (weapons and platforms entry)",
      "publisher": "Air & Space Forces Magazine",
      "url": "https://www.airandspaceforces.com/weapons/sbirs/",
      "published": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}