SBIRS

Neither the sophisticated X-band radar nor the Space-Based Infra-red System-High (SBIRS-High), both of which are critical to detecting and tracking incoming missiles, is close to operational.

Think Progress » BREAKING: North Korea Test Launches Missiles 2006

SBIRS-High is running into such difficulties that Lockheed Martin (LMT) has agreed to defer a $10 million award — its total profit on the project for 2004-2005.

Think Progress » BREAKING: North Korea Test Launches Missiles 2006

SBIRS-High is running into such difficulties that Lockheed Martin LMT has agreed to defer a $10 million award -- its total profit on the project for 2004-2005.

Star Wars Faces a Budget Hit Jim Horning 2005

Neither the sophisticated X-band radar nor the Space-Based Infra-red System-High SBIRS-High, both of which are critical to detecting and tracking incoming missiles, is close to operational.

Star Wars Faces a Budget Hit Jim Horning 2005

Neither the sophisticated X-band radar nor the Space-Based Infra-red System-High SBIRS-High, both of which are critical to detecting and tracking incoming missiles, is close to operational.

Archive 2005-02-01 Jim Horning 2005

SBIRS-High is running into such difficulties that Lockheed Martin LMT has agreed to defer a $10 million award -- its total profit on the project for 2004-2005.

Archive 2005-02-01 Jim Horning 2005

And that the delays in SBIRS High program aren't going to affect that capability.

CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2002 2002

Based Infrared System or SBIRS will relay theater missile launch information to our airborne laser or ABL -- a high energy laser mounted in the nose of a modified

On Guard and On Orbit: The Integration of Air and Space in the Information Age 1997

The $17.6 billion SBIRS constellation, which includes sensors on host satellites, will augment and eventually replace the military's Defense Support Program satellites, which have been operating since 1970.

Reuters: Top News 2011

Tucked inside the rocket's nosecone was the $1.3 billion Space-Based Infrared Systems SBIRS Geo-1 spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Reuters: Top News 2011