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Northrop Grumman To Develop System Requirements For USAF Alternate Infrared Sat System
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2007 Northrop Grumman will develop system definition requirements for the U.S. Air Force's Alternate Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) that would provide uninterrupted space-based early missile detection. Under a contract valued at $24.8 million from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, the company's Space Technology sector will define system-level performance requirements for the space, ground and launch segments and key subsystems. "For more than 30 years, Northrop Grumman has been the highly successful provider of assured missile warning and missile defense space systems to our nation and its allies," said Alexis Livanos, president of Northrop Grumman Space Technology sector. "Our experience and in-depth technical and programmatic knowledge provide us with the ability to execute this critical program." The primary mission of AIRSS will be to detect strategic and theater ballistic missiles in their launch and boost phases and transmit that data to the ground to provide missile warning for the U.S. and its allies. The AIRSS program will pursue a developmental approach with modest technical risks, according to the Air Force, and is projected to be available for launch by fiscal year 2015. Related Links Northrop Grumman Making money out of watching earth from space today Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
Afghanistan Opium Cultivation Monitored By International DMC Constellation Of Small Satellites
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2007After extensive trials in 2005, DMC International Imaging (DMCii) won a contract from the UK Government to supply high-resolution satellite coverage of the whole of Afghanistan to support the surveying of opium crops. The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) coordinated by DMCii includes the UK's own satellite, as well as four satellites built at the Surrey Space Centre for other DMC member nations; Algeria, China, Nigeria and Turkey. |
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