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Air Force

Shelton: SBIRS Staring Sensor Won’t Be ‘Fully Utilized’ Until 2016-17 Timeframe

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

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The Air Force Space Command will not be able to “fully utilize” the staring sensor of the Space-Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) until the 2016-17 timeframe because the ground software that will allow the service to fully utilize it won’t be complete until then, according to the service’s space commander. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. William Shelton told reporters yesterday at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington that the ground software operating the sensor was much more complicated than…

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