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Space

Northrop Grumman Introduces New Test Bed For NPOESS

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Monday, September 14th, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] Thursday said it has inaugurated the Electrical Engineering Model Test Bed (EEMTB), a critical tool that will reduce the risk associated with developing the spacecraft for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. "This test bed marks NPOESS' transition to the final phase of spacecraft development," Dave Vandervoet, vice president and NPOESS program manager for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector, said in a statement. "We completed the EEMTB early, ahead of spacecraft integration and test,…

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