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Northrop Grumman Corp. the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the nation's next-generation missile warning system, has delivered the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor for integration into the spacecraft and final system-level testing.
Read MoreThe Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the program's follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force.
Read MoreThe Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing announced completion today of thermal vacuum testing for the geosynchronous orbit payload.?
Read MoreTesting today was successful for the U.S. Air Force's first geosynchronous Space Based Infrared Systems satellite as it completed Baseline Integrated System Testing at the development site in Sunnyvale, California, propelling unprecedented early missile warning capability one step closer to the warfighter.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has entered a major test phase with the latest version of flight software designed to provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations.
Read MoreThe Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems.
Read MoreThe first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system, built by a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team, has been certified for operations by U.S. Strategic Command.
Read MoreAir Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center officials at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico have successfully tested the Space-Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and operations center and accelerated operational acceptance by six weeks.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program.
Read MoreThere's a new variant of the Hellfire missile, especially developed to be carried and fired by UAVs, about to be deployed by the U.S. Army.
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