Orbital Announces Supplier Achievement Awards for Launch Vehicle Systems; Key Partners Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in the Areas of Product Reliability, On-Time Delivery and Customer Support.DULLES, Va. -- Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly referred to as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ORB (Object Request Broker) Software that handles the communication of messages from the requesting program (client) to the object as well as any return values from the object back to the calling program. See CORBA and DCOM. See also ORB disk. ) today announced the recipients of the company's launch vehicle systems Supplier Achievement Awards. Orbital's Launch Systems Group (LSG LSG Logistic(s) Support Group LSG Lufthansa Service GMBH LSG Little School Girl LSG Life Sciences Glovebox LSG Lunar Surface Gravimeter LSG Lump Sum Grant LSG Local Street Gazetteer LSG Levert Sweat and Gill ), which designs, develops, manufactures and operates a wide variety of rockets for space launch missions and missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged applications, recognized three companies and one individual for outstanding contributions to Orbital-managed programs for military, civil government, commercial and international customers. This award and recognition process is a part of a supplier development initiative that includes award selection based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses performed by LSG's integrated product teams. An innovative aspect to the selection process is the supplier feedback loop, which views performance through a supply chain continuum, independent of customer and/or supplier distinctions. The process identifies strengths and weaknesses in the supply chain, from the flow-down of customer requirements to the delivery of finished goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . The primary objective of the award program is to forge strong partnerships between Orbital and its suppliers to ensure the highest quality and timely delivery of launch vehicle components and subsystems. Orbital recognized the following companies and program manager: HONEYWELL DEFENSE AND SPACE SYSTEMS SYSTEMS SUPPLIER AWARD Clearwater, Florida Honeywell builds the Space Integrated GPS/INS (SIGI) navigation system that is integrated into virtually all of Orbital's rockets and missiles, which continue to build on a demonstrated history of reliability and accuracy. The Honeywell team at Clearwater, Florida was selected for this award based on its mission success in Orbital products, technical expertise and excellent on-time delivery. MICRO POWER ELECTRONICS, INC. COMPONENT SUPPLIER AWARD Hillsboro, Oregon Micro Power supplies battery packs for Orbital's launch vehicle systems. Micro Power achieved the Component Supplier Award based on its outstanding on-time delivery and focus on customer service. This is the third award Micro Power has received from Orbital over the past several years. In 2002, Micro Power was recognized with the Extra Mile Award for benchmark service and support and, in 2003, received Orbital's Gold Award for Excellence. PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC GOLD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE MATERIALS COMPANY Valencia, California Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company at Valencia manufactures the safe and arms system that is used by many of Orbital's rockets and missiles. Orbital recognized the Pacific Scientific team for its flexibility and willingness to support last-minute customer requests, as well as consistently delivering products that have demonstrated solid mission success. ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE "STARS" AWARD AND DEFENSE COMPANY MARY REINERT Simsbury, Connecticut Ensign-Bickford's Mary Reinert has demonstrated a long and consistent history of excellent programmatic leadership on multiple Orbital products, projects and missions. Orbital is pleased to recognize Ms. Reinert for her ongoing contributions to the company's focus on supplier quality and responsiveness. About Orbital Orbital develops and manufactures small space and rocket systems for commercial, military and civil government customers. The company's primary products are satellites and launch vehicles This is a list of space launch vehicles sorted by country/operator in alphabetical order, commercial vehicles are listed under their corresponding country.
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adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. 2. a. spacecraft for communications, remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. , scientific and defense missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense systems Noun 1. missile defense system - naval weaponry providing a defense system missile defence system naval weaponry - weaponry for warships that are used as interceptor and target vehicles. Orbital also offers space-related technical services to government agencies and develops and builds satellite-based transportation management systems for public transit agencies and private vehicle fleet operators. |
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