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Clarity Expected On SBIRS Satellite Delay And Cost Growth In Early November

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Thursday, October 25th, 2007

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By Michael Sirak The Air Force will know more precisely in early November the schedule and cost impact of fixing a software problem in its first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) early warning satellite, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne told a congressional oversight panel yesterday. Wynne said the Air Force is scheduled to meet Nov. 7 with the Pentagon's acquisition czar, John Young, to discuss the SBIRS program and the software-related matter identified with the maiden SBIRS satellite…

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