Infrared sensors set for Navstar satellites

Engineers at the EDO Corp. Electro-Optics Division in Shelton, Conn., are building infrared Earth sensors for the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellites under a $7.6 million contract from Boeing North American (formerly Rockwell) in Seal Beach, Calif. Systems integrators at Boeing will use EDO`s infrared sensors for the upcoming Block IIF satellite constellation, which will yield precise navigational data to military and civil users in all weather conditions anywhere in the world. EDO, which has been involved in the GPS program for more than 20 years, supplied Earth sensors for the GPS Block II/IIA satellite programs. - J.K.