The Air Force has the requirement that the third in its series of Space Based Infrared System satellites carries a nuclear detection detonation sensor as current GPS spacecraft do. According to USAF’s Fiscal 2009 budget documents, this satellite, designated GEO-3, will host the space and atmospheric burst reporting system, or SABRS, a new payload of neutron/gamma detectors that the Air Force is developing for placement on satellites that reside in geosynchronous Earth orbit, such as SBIRS. The first two SBIRS satellites did not have this requirement, USAF told the Daily Report. The Air Force is proposing to spend $1.7 billion in Fiscal 2009 to buy the third SBIRS spacecraft, along with the third SBIRS sensor payload that will reside on a classified intelligence satellite that circles the Earth in a highly elliptical orbit. That funding will also cover advanced procurement of the fourth HEO payload, the Air Force said.
NATO Scrambles Fighter in Newest Response to Russian Drones
Sept. 16, 2025
NATO scrambled its first fighter Sept. 13 under its new plan to bolster its defenses against Russian air incursions that was put into place after an array of Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week, the officials from the alliance’s military command said.
