SBIRS-High Overrun Estimate Confirmed

Cost overrun estimates totaling $1.5 billion for the Space-Based Infrared System High are accurate for the time being, U.S. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. Lance Lord said yesterday (see GSN, April 22). The planned system is intended to replace the current system of missile-launch detection satellites.

“I think that it is going to be fairly accurate,” Lord said, according to Defense Daily. “I think I’m going to stand behind that for right now,” he added (Amy Butler, Defense Daily, June 25).

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