SBIRS-High (click to view full) The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)-High satellite program is a key component of the USA's future missile alert system, designed to give maximum warning and monitoring of ballistic missile launches anywhere in the world. The new...
Latest updates: Major update to the article, which now offers a complete timeline and new materials. DSP Satellite(click to view full) The USA's "SBIRS High" missile launch early-warning satellites, which aim to replace the existing DSP fleet, have been facing ongoing...
STSS Concept(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. in Redondo Beach, CA received a $126.2 million cost-plus-award fee contract modification to perform activities associated with rebaselining the Space Tracking and Surveillance System...
SBIRS-High(click to view full) The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High satellite program aims to replace the current fleet of DSP satellites for early detection of ballistic missile launches. Lockheed Martin has delivered the sensors for the classified...
SBIRS-High(click to view full) SBIRS-High will form the USA's future front line of detection and defense against incoming ballistic missile launches. See this DID article for coverage of the SBIRS-High program's trials, tribulations, and occasional successes. The...
STSS Concept(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. in Redondo Beach, CA received a $25.2 million cost-plus award-fee contract modification. The firm will use the funds to rebaseline the Space Surveillance and Tracking System (STSS,...
SBIRS-High(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, CA has received a pair of cost-plus award-fee contract modifications related to the SBIRS satellite programs from the Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force...
Lockheed Martin Corp. in Sunnyvale, CA received a $6.5 million contract modification to the existing Space Base Infrared System High component engineering, manufacturing, and development contract. DID has covered the SBIRS High program and some of its problems in a past article….
DID has covered some of the problems associated with the U.S. military’s new Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) missile early warning system. Now, some good news. Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a crucial “jitter” test of the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite’s optical systems.
The nation’s missile warning system is nearing the end of its lifespan, leaving little alternative than to proceed with its replacement Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High, according to retired Air Force Undersecretary Peter B. Teets. Bid at $4 billion, Congress was recently notified per regulations that the cost for SBIRS High satellites number 3-5 would be 15% or more than the original $1.5 billion estimate, as a result of a technology upgrade to the three satellites’ computer system architecture. This marks the third cost overrun for the program since 2002. Teets said the total program will likely cost $11 billion to $12 billion, an increase over even the June 2004 projection of about $10 billion.