Hughes TRW team wins $80 million SBIRS award.EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--A Hughes/TRW team was awarded an $80 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Friday for work on a portion of the Space-Based Infrared System  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. (SBIRS SBIRS Space-Based Infrared System SBIRS Space Based Infra-Red Surveillance ), the next-generation strategic and tactical ballistic missile A tactical ballistic missile is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically range is less than 300 km. Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure survivability and quick deployment, as well as carrying a variety of warheads to target enemy early warning and surveillance system. The fiscal year 1995 portion of the award is $23 million. The Hughes/TRW team was one of two contractor teams selected to perform trade studies, architecture definition and technology demonstrations under a 15-month pre-engineering manufacturing and development (pre-EMD) contract. An operational SBIRS system will consist of satellites in geosynchronous, highly elliptical el·lip·tic or el·lip·ti·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or having the shape of an ellipse. 2. Containing or characterized by ellipsis. 3. a. and low-earth orbits. Today's contract addresses the SBIRS high-altitude component, which includes the entire SBIRS systems architecture and requirements allocation, the ground system for all mission processing, the geostationary orbit space element, and satellite ground control. Hughes and TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc will have multi-company teams for all products. Hughes Space and Communications Co. (HSC) of El Segundo will act as prime contractor and lead the satellite effort; Hughes Electro-Optical Systems, also of El Segundo, will lead the infrared sensor and mission processing effort; and TRW Space & Electronics Group, of Redondo Beach, Calif., will lead the mission and systems engineering, systems integration and ground element efforts. The low-earth orbit component of SBIRS is being demonstrated by the Space and Missile Tracking System (SMTS SMTS Space and Missile Tracking System SMTS Senior Member of Technical Staff SMTS Saskatchewan Mathematics Teachers' Society (Canada) SMTS So Much to Say (Dave Matthews Band song) ). A team led by TRW, with Hughes Electro-Optical Systems providing the payload, was selected this year to develop a design for the SMTS flight demonstration system. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Based out of Los Angeles Air Force Base in California, the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is a part of Air Force Space Command of the United States Air Force. Its mission is to conduct research and development of U.S. military outer space and missile systems. has indicated it plans to choose one contractor team in late 1996 to proceed with the engineering, manufacturing and development of SBIRS. This multiple-year contract will result in delivery of five geosynchronous satellites, infrared sensors and SBIRS consolidated ground elements. "We look forward to working with the Air Force on this contract," said HSC President Donald L. Cromer. "It's a complex task, and we believe we have combined the best resources of our companies to provide efficient satellite manufacturing, reliable sensors and ground support." "We have an experienced, integrated product team working closely to produce a system that meets the government's requirements with low cost and schedule risk," said Tim Hannemann, executive vice president and general manager of TRW Space & Electronics Group. SBIRS is the follow-on to the Defense Support Program (DSP). Since 1970, DSP has been the spaceborne space·borne adj. Operating in or involving equipment operating in outer space: a spaceborne satellite. segment of NORAD's Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment A composite term. See separate definitions for tactical warning and for attack assessment. Also called TW/AA. System, providing early warning of strategic and tactical ballistic missile launches, space launches and nuclear detonations. TRW is the contractor for DSP satellites. TRW Space & Electronics Group has built more than 185 communications, scientific and defense spacecraft; developed more than 200 advanced space instruments; and integrated some 550 experiments into spacecraft. S&EG is an operating unit of TRW Inc., which provides advanced technology products and services for the automotive, space and defense, and information markets. TRW Inc.'s 1994 sales totaled $9.1 billion. HSC is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites, having built more than 40 percent of those in operation. With 140 spacecraft and payloads launched, it also is a leading supplier of spacecraft and space instruments to the U.S. government. EOS is a leading supplier of space, airborne and surface-based electro-optical systems for both U.S. and international government customers. HSC and EOS are units of Hughes Electronics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of General Motors Corp. Hughes Electronics' 1994 revenues totaled $14.1 billion. The earnings of Hughes Electronics are used to calculate the earnings per share of General Motors Class H Common Stock (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GMH). CONTACT: Hughes Space and Communications Co., Los Angeles Fran Slimmer, 310/364-6363 or TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach Sally Koris, 310/812-4721 |
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