Lockheed Delivers Key Sat Components: The Lockheed Martin-led team has completed a critical payload subsystem and software for the first geosynchronous orbit satellite of the Space Based Infrared System, according to Lockheed officials. The SBIRS GEO 1 satellite is scheduled to launch in Fiscal 2008. Lockheed expects to have the completed payload delivered to its Sunnyvale, Calif., facility in 2007.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.