NRL successfully completes first major development milestone on the NPOESS MIS program
NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Remote Sensing Division announced it has successfully completed the System Requirements and Design Review (SRDR) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) program. The MIS SRDR was the first major development milestone and was held in May 2009. The program sponsor, the NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), has certified the SRDR to be a success. IPO's Independent Review Team (IRT) reported that 'the NRL development team demonstrated outstanding microwave design experience and knowledge' and that it was 'an outstanding review by the IPO and NRL team.' NRL is now proceeding toward Preliminary Design Review (PDR), which is scheduled for spring of 2010...