SRI International announced it selected the defence technology firm Leidos and startup Scout Space as subcontractors for a space debris-tracking project funded by the U.S. intelligence community as reported by SpaceNews.

The project, known as Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA), is expected to be completed in four years.

To collect data in orbit, SRI will work with Scout Space, a startup based in Alexandria, Virginia, that is developing spaceborne sensors.