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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Northrop Grumman Performs First-Time Cueing of Airborne Infrared Sensor in Missile Defense Test With the Integrated Sensor Manager

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the first test to demonstrate real-time cueing of the Airborne Infrared (ABIR) sensor for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) with the Integrated Sensor Manager (ISM).

The company's ISM completed the early intercept proof-of-concept exercise by participating as an associated operation in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) FTX-17 test on July 8.

SM is a prototype capability Northrop Grumman is developing for the MDA to enable more accurate tracking and threat identification for intercepting a missile earlier in flight.

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