The SeeMe program aims to directly provide the warfighter in the field with useful on-demand imagery information via a low-cost satellite constellation launched on a schedule based on to Department of Defense operational tempos.

"Leveraging our state-of-the-art missile assembly lines, we can mass produce these small, lightweight satellites quickly and affordably," Raytheon Missile Systems Vice President of Advanced Missile Systems Tom Bussing said in a statement. "As the world’s only producer of exoatmospheric kill vehicles, we are already developing and building hardware to space standards."

To assist with design work and eventually production, Raytheon has partnered with Sierra Nevada Corporation, University of Arizona and SRI International. According to the contract, next year the Raytheon team aims to build six satellites for ground testing for phase two of the SeeMe program.