The missile warning sensor for the third Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous orbiting satellite shipped to the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Dec. 18, for final integration, according to a company release. “We are one step closer to upgrading our nation’s missile warning system with the delivery of this sensor to Lockheed Martin,” said Lt. Col. Dan Walter, SBIRS satellite program manager, in the release. GEO-3 is slated for delivery to the Air Force in 2014 and GEO-4 will be delivered in 2015, according to the release. SBIRS GEO-2 was declared operational in late November just eight months after its launch from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., announced Lockheed Martin on Dec. 17. The SBIRS constellation provides continuous early warning of ballistic missile launches and other tactical intelligence. Lockheed also is under contract for long-lead parts procurement for SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6.
Multiple B-21s are undergoing ground tests and being prepared to join the two aircraft now in test flight, and the Northrop Grumman is negotiating with the Air Force about how expanded production for the bomber could be accomplished, president and CEO Kathy Warden said Oct. 21. She also suggested a…
