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Industry Team on Missile Warning Satellite Payload On Track for CDR Next May, Northrop Grumman Says

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 24th, 2020

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Industry Team on Missile Warning Satellite Payload On Track for CDR Next May, Northrop Grumman Says

The space-based infrared system GEO-5 satellite (Lockheed Martin Photo)

A Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Ball Aerospace [BLL] team are on track to complete critical design review (CDR) for the team's proposed infrared mission payload next May as part of the U.S. Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous (GEO) Block 0 program, Northrop Grumman said on June 24. Raytheon [RTN] is building the other proposed infrared mission payload for Block 0. Next May is the scheduled CDR for the two infrared mission payloads, while next September…

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