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more than 30 years, Electronic Systems has supplied the sensors
for scores of space-based missions, including the Gemini rendezvous
radar, the cloud imager for the Defense Meteorological Satellite
Program, the infrared sensor for the Defense Support Program
and the multispectral/hyperspectral cameras for the Orb View-3
and Orb View-4 commercial remote sensing program.
Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems sector provides the
infrared payload, electronics and ground processing for
the mission data processor to the Lockheed Martin-led Space-Based
Infrared System (SBIRS) High team. SBIRS High is a series
of high Earth orbiting satellites whose sensitive infrared
sensors can detect the launch of strategic and theater ballistic
missiles from space and pass the time and location of launch
to battlefield commanders.
SBIRS High works in conjunction with the Space Tracking
and Surveillance System (STSS), a constellation of missile
tracking satellites capable of performing missile defense,
missile tracking, technical intelligence and battlespace
characterization.The company's Space Technology sector is
leading the STSS industry team. Electronic Systems will
contribute to the systems engineering, ground segment and
algorithms. In addition, the sector will be one of two competitors
for the sensor payload and ground station data processing
program.
The sector also provides space-borne sensing for early
warning systems, weather and ground systems that process
C4ISR data from space-based platforms for high-priority
U.S. government national security programs.
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