In briefings to the Air Force and government agency representatives, the TRW/Raytheon team outlined recommendations for program requirements, including cost, schedule and performance options for missile warning, technical intelligence and battlespace characterization.

ICA follows by two months the program's first major milestone, during which TRW outlined requirements for SBIRS Low's primary mission, missile defense.

"We've provided a thorough description of how SBIRS Low will perform its additional missions based on the architectures developed for the system's primary mission, missile defense," said Patrick Caruana, vice president and program manager, SBIRS Low.

"The team is making progress in our efforts to solidify and mature requirements for an affordable, low-risk system that meets our nation's needs. This program is moving along well."

The program's next major milestone is the systems requirements review (SRR), which will be held this fall. Following the SRR and the establishment of a complete set of system requirements, the TRW/Raytheon team will focus its efforts on the design phase of the operational system. Initial satellite launch is targeted for 2006.

The TRW/Raytheon team was awarded a 38-month program definition and risk reduction contract last August to define requirements and complete conceptual designs for an operational SBIRS Low system.

As part of PDRR, the team will perform comprehensive ground demonstrations designed to reduce risk and verify system performance. The TRW/Raytheon team includes Aerojet, Motorola, Agilent, Honeywell, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Sparta and PRA.

This team is applying years of collective expertise on missile warning programs, infrared sensors and ground systems to the development of SBIRS Low.

SBIRS Low is the low-Earth orbiting component of the SBIRS system-of-systems. The System of Systems, comprised of satellites in geosynchronous orbits, sensors hosted on satellites in highly elliptical orbit and ground data processing and control systems, brings surveillance capabilities to bear against evolving threats.

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