Defense Tech: U.S. Air Force Closer to 'On-Demand' Satellites
Raytheon delivered the first payload for a satellite series that can be custom built for the U.S. Air Force for specific missions within less than a week.More here.
The rapid-development space-optical payload produced for the Air Force Research Laboratory is part of ARTEMIS, a $14 million program that is developing an experimental payload for detection of enemy troop positions and equipment in a world trouble spot.
The ARTEMIS -- it stands for "Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer" -- payloads would be kept at the ready so they can be quickly assembled to the particular mission specs and then moved quickly to the launch site.
posted by Fergie @ 12/13/2006 03:42:00 PM
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