Abstract
The United States Air Force Academy is building a 2m-class ground-based optical telescope for experiments in space situational awareness. The new telescope will be a fast-slewing instrument suitable for both sidereal and low-Earth object tracking down to altitudes of 200km. The telescope will have a 20 arcminute field of view with instruments located at two possible Nasmyth locations. Construction of the new truss, mount and dome is due to begin in early 2008, with first light scheduled at the beginning of 2010.