{"id":8065,"date":"2023-10-26T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/northrop-grumman-completes-critical-design-review-for-missile-warning-ground-station\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:31:04","slug":"northrop-grumman-completes-critical-design-review-for-missile-warning-ground-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/northrop-grumman-completes-critical-design-review-for-missile-warning-ground-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for Missile Warning Ground Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ng_C_638338956275831459.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for Missile Warning Ground Station\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ng_C_638338956275831459.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ng_C_638338956275831459.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) for a contract with the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on behalf of the U.S. Space Force\u2019s Space Systems Command to support the operation of legacy and future missile-warning satellites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The CDR confirms Northrop Grumman\u2019s ability to transform the existing missile-warning system for a 2025 installation date, 18 months prior to the end of the contract.<\/li>\n<li>Northrop Grumman worked with L3 Harris Technologies to validate the designs during the CDR, which took place only four months after a successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The PDR was also completed early.<\/li>\n<li>The CDR included various subsystem designs, validation and verification plans and methodology, and final details of the system integration at the deployed location in Guam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Calvin Pennamon, director, of operational exploitation systems, Northrop Grumman<\/strong>: \u201cCompleting this CDR ahead of schedule showcases our commitment and ability to quickly respond to the NIWC Pacific\u2019s pressing schedule requirements. We are on track to revolutionize current Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missile-warning constellation infrastructure with a much-needed capability in the Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RGS-A is a critical component of the nation\u2019s missile-warning system that will enable the U.S. Space Force\u2019s Space Systems Command to transform the existing missile-warning system with the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system. A cornerstone of the FORGE architecture includes developing relay ground stations capable of supporting existing and new satellite constellations with the ability to handle changes in bandwidth and availability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) for a contract with the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific on behalf of the U.S. Space Force\u2019s Space Systems Command to support the operation of legacy and future missile-warning satellites. The CDR confirms Northrop Grumman\u2019s ability to transform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20],"class_list":["post-8065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}