Aerospace Group:

Space

Final SBIRS Satellite Ready for Launch Early Next Year

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 4th, 2021

SHARE:

Final SBIRS Satellite Ready for Launch Early Next Year

The Lockheed Martin SBIRS GEO-6 satellite at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. plant (Lockheed Martin Photo)

Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit-6 (SBIRS GEO-6), the final SBIRS satellite, is ready for launch early next year, as the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that construction finished ahead of schedule. Col. Matt Spencer, the GEO/Polar Division Senior Materiel Leader in SSC’s Production Corps, said in a Sept. 29 statement that the hastened production at Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale, Calif., plant "is nothing short of remarkable given the entire integration and test…

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]