
OHB System AG awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract to supply a space inertial reference system for Germany’s SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system, Northrop Grumman said Monday.The company will provide its Scalable Space Intertial Reference Unit-L (Scalable SIRU-L) to offer sensor pointing/stabilization and attitude control on the SARah satellite system. This is the first international application of the Scalable SIRU-L configuration, Northrop Grumman said.The Scalable SIRU-L is derived from the SIRU model but is affordable because its calibration process leads…