TRW/Raytheon NPOESS Team Completes Second Major Milestone.Business Editors REDONDO BEACH Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2001 The TRW/Raytheon team continues to make excellent progress on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (US NOAA) ) with the completion of the second major program milestone, System Functional Review (SFR SFR Swiss Franc (national currency) SFR Société Française du Radiotéléphone (French cellular provider) SFR Single Family Residence SFR Single Family Residence (real estate) ). In briefings to the NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. ) and user community, the TRW-led team highlighted the results of extensive trade studies and software development undertaken to define the system architecture. This milestone paves the way for the design of system segments. NPOESS will eventually replace the nation's current civilian and military weather polar-orbiting satellite programs with a single, national program to provide timely and accurate weather and environmental data to weather forecasters, military commanders, civilian leaders and the scientific community. The joint IPO/NASA NPOESS Preparatory Project will be ready for launch in 2005, and the first NPOESS satellite will be available for launch in 2008. "We've put top talent and significant resources into NPOESS because it represents a significant future business," said Fred Ricker, vice president and general manager, 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 Space & Laser Programs Division. "This team has taken a rigorous approach to end-to-end system development, focusing especially on software processes. Our functional baseline for NPOESS will also provide an innovative, affordable solution that encompasses NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project needs." The TRW/Raytheon team was awarded a 36-month Program Definition and Risk Reduction contract. TRW serves as the prime contractor, leading the overall systems engineering and space segment effort; Raytheon is responsible for command, control and communications, mission data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a and systems engineering support. TRW Space & Electronics builds communications, scientific and defense spacecraft; produces, integrates and tests payloads; develops advanced space instruments and integrates experiments into spacecraft. S&E is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of TRW Inc., which provides advanced technology products and services for the global aerospace, telecommunications, information systems and automotive markets. TRW's Web site is at www.trw.com. |
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