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Northrop Grumman Wins Contract To System Supply Space Inertial Reference System For German Radar System

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

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Northrop Grumman Wins Contract To System Supply Space Inertial Reference System For German Radar System

OHB System AG awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to supply a space inertial reference system for Germany’s SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system, Northrop Grumman said Monday.The company will provide its Scalable Space Intertial Reference Unit-L (Scalable SIRU-L) to offer sensor pointing/stabilization and attitude control on the SARah satellite system. This is the first international application of the Scalable SIRU-L configuration, Northrop Grumman said.The Scalable SIRU-L is derived from the SIRU model but is affordable because its calibration process leads…

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Congress

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