
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) of the production, deployment, and initial sustainment phase for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS), the company said on Monday. EPS is set to deliver secure, continuous, space-enabled communications capabilities to polar region users in support of U.S. national objectives through the use of satellites operating in highly elliptical orbits. EPS CAPS provides telemetry and control, mission planning, and cryptographic planning for the EPS…