Cobham will provide motion control technology for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to be flown on the Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) satellites.
Hauppauge, NY - Cobham recently received an award from
Northrop Grumman valued at approximately $8 million for motion
control technology for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
(ATMS) instrument to be flown on the Joint Polar Satellite System 3
(JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) satellites. The work will be performed by
Cobham Integrated Solutions' Hauppauge, New York facility, part of
the Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Sector.
"Cobham is proud to once again support this important scientific
mission," said Jim Barber, Senior Vice-President and General
Manager of Cobham Integrated Electronic Solutions. "We look
forward to supporting future Northrop Grumman, NASA and NOAA
endeavors. Our extensive range of actuators, DC motors and
controllers for space, military, and commercial applications are
designed and built to provide faultless operation in harsh
environments and on platforms where total reliability is
essential," said Barber.
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) provides
sounding observations needed to retrieve profiles of atmospheric
temperature and moisture for civilian operational weather
forecasting as well as continuity of these measurements for climate
monitoring purposes.
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the Nation's next
generation of polar-orbiting operational environmental satellites.
JPSS is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), and NASA is the acquisition agent for the
flight systems, components of the ground system and provides
systems engineering, launch services, program safety, mission
assurance and end-to-end system verification. JPSS represents
significant technological and scientific advancements in severe
weather prediction and environmental monitoring and will help
advance weather, climate, environmental and oceanographic
science.
For product information, please visit: http://www.cobham.com/motion
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Greg Caires
VP Corporate Communications, North America
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