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SBIRS Completes Key Reviews

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Friday, January 8th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Air Force Space and Missile Command announced last week that critical design reviews (CDR) for the Space Based Infrared System's (SBIRS) follow-on production program for the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) and Geosynchronous (GEO) payloads have been completed. The review was conducted by SMC's SBIRS Wing and its contractors. Lockheed Martin [LMT] is the prime contractor for the SBIRS program and Northrop Grumman [NOC] is the principal subcontractor for payload integration and test. The Aerospace Corporation provides technical…

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