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Lockheed Martin Team Passes Sbirs High System Critical Design Review
Sunnyvale - September 10, 2001 The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High team led by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company successfully completed the system critical design review (CDR) with its customer, the U.S. Air Force, on August 30-31. The review demonstrated that SBIRS High would meet the customer's requirements and establish the foundation for the next generation space-based surveillance systems. More than 300 people from the Air Force, Department of Defense and industry participated in the two-day session at Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale facility. The CDR validated that the SBIRS High architecture supports Air Force space surveillance requirements and operating concepts. SBIRS High ground systems are planned to be compatible with legacy Defense Support Program (DSP) and SBIRS satellites. The successful system CDR was preceded by extensive reviews of the payload sensors, the geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) spacecraft, and ground segment designs earlier this summer. "The critical design review shows that the Air Force believes our SBIRS system design will enable the military to detect and report infrared events faster and more accurately than ever before," said Jeff Harris, president Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company � Missiles & Space Operations. The SBIRS program will provide the nation with new worldwide missile detection and tracking capabilities. It is an integrated "system of systems" with multiple space components and an evolving ground element. Increment 1, currently being evaluated for initial operational capability later this year, will consolidate functions of three legacy DSP ground stations into one and provide an open architecture to accommodate SBIRS High and Low components as they are fielded. Increment 2, also known as SBIRS High, will add four satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) and two sensors in highly elliptical orbit (HEO). Increment 3, or SBIRS Low, will add 20-to-30 satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) to provide mid-course missile tracking. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for SBIRS Increments 1 and 2, and overall "system of systems" integrator for the three increments. Key members of the Lockheed Martin team are Northrop Grumman, Aerojet, Honeywell and SAIC. Related Links SBRIS Program Page at LA AFB Space Based Infrared System SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Prototype Missile Launched In Midcourse Missile Defense Test
Anaheim - Aug. 31, 2001A Boeing-designed and -built booster vehicle was successfully launched today for its first verification test flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The three-stage booster vehicle is the prototype interceptor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS) Program (formerly National Missile Defense.) The Boeing Company is the prime contractor for the program. |
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