Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Completes Key Design Milestone for Space-Based Infrared System High Program
16 Novembre 2004 - 4:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Completes Key Design Milestone
for Space-Based Infrared System High Program SUNNYVALE, Calif.,
Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Space Based Infrared System
High (SBIRS High) team, led by Lockheed Martin Corporation
(NYSE:LMT), today announced the successful completion of the
system's Signal Processing Assembly software critical design review
(CDR) with payload provider Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC). The Signal
Processing Assembly (SPA) is a key payload component of SBIRS-
High, the nation's next-generation missile warning system. Under
contract to the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at
Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., the team of Lockheed Martin
Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., the SBIRS High prime contractor,
and Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Azusa, Calif., have
developed a new hardware and software design that provides
unprecedented signal processing capabilities for space infrared
detection. "The signal processing assembly software critical design
review is a major program milestone, key to timely delivery of the
infrared payload and subsequent launch of the first SBIRS GEO
(geosynchronous orbit) satellite," said Col. Randy Weidenheimer,
the U.S. Air Force's SBIRS High program manager. "The success of
the SPA software CDR, the result of remarkable progress this
calendar year, is direct testimony to the talents of the
exceptional joint team that the contractors have assembled to
tackle this tough job." During the CDR, engineers from both
companies and the U.S. Air Force's SBIRS High Program Office
thoroughly reviewed and analyzed the SPA design. The SPA processes
raw focal plane data. The focal planes detect infrared radiation
emitted by ballistic missiles and other events of military
interest. The SPA separates event data from background noise and
clutter and subsequent ground processing characterizes the events
and generates reports for both strategic and theater users. The
successful CDR demonstrates that the SPA flight software meets all
critical design requirements and the SPA is ready for design
implementation. This marks the second major achievement for the
SBIRS High team this year. In August, the team delivered the first
Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) payload to the Air Force. First
delivery of the SPA will be with the infrared payload on the first
SBIRS High GEO satellite, which is scheduled for launch in 2007. In
addition to serving as the nation's next-generation missile warning
system, SBIRS High will provide greatly expanded capabilities for
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The
U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center manages the SBIRS
High program, with Air Force Space Command responsible for the
operation of the SBIRS system. When fully operational, SBIRS High
will comprise two payloads in highly elliptical orbit, four
satellites in geosynchronous orbit, as well as fixed and mobile
ground-based assets to receive and process the infrared data. About
Lockheed Martin Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin
employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged
in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration
of advanced technology systems, products and services. The
corporation reported 2003 sales of $31.8 billion. About Northrop
Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company
headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides a
broad array of technologically advanced, innovative products,
services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics,
information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding, and space
technology. The company has 125,000 employees and operates in all
50 states and 25 countries and serves U.S. and international
military, government and commercial customers. Media Contact: Steve
Tatum, 408-742-7531; e-mail, For additional information on Lockheed
Martin Corporation, visit: http://www.lockheedmartin.com
DATASOURCE: Lockheed Martin Corporation CONTACT: Steve Tatum of
Lockheed Martin Corporation, +1-408-742-7531, or Web site:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
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