L3Harris to Upgrade Space Force Counter-Communications Via $125 Million Contract
November 15 2021 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Delivers electronic warfare upgrades the Space Force’s first
weapon system
- Shuts down adversaries’ satellite communications to safeguard
U.S. military operations
- Follows 2019 development contract to update Counter
Communications System Block 10.2
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) received a $125 million
multi-year contract to produce space electronic warfare systems
that safeguard U.S. military operations and warfighters.
Under the Meadowlands production program, L3Harris will upgrade
16 Block 10.2 versions of Counter-Communications Systems (CCS)
operating in Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., Vandenburg Space
Force Base, Calif., Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and
multiple international locations.
“Successful space operations depend on dominating the
electromagnetic spectrum,” said Ed Zoiss, President, Space and
Airborne Systems, L3Harris. “Denying our enemies the ability to use
their space assets protects U.S. warfighter operations.”
The current generation CCS Block 10.2, also developed by
L3Harris, reached Initial Operating Capability in March 2020,
making it the first offensive weapon system accepted by the US
Space Force. L3Harris began development of the next-generation
Meadowlands upgrade in 2019 under the Combat Mission Systems
Support contract.
CCS Block 10.2 is the Space Force’s only ground-based space
control platform providing warfighters with modular open-standards
for electronic warfare. L3Harris is at the forefront of providing
tools that enable or deny the electromagnetic spectrum in the
contested environment. Meadowlands is just one of a number of
capabilities offered by the company that protect U.S. forces and
ensure any potential adversaries are at a disadvantage in the space
domain.
About L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense
technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet
customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced
defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea
and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual
revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100
countries. L3Harris.com.
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Kristin P. Jones Space & Airborne Systems
Kristin.P.Jones@L3Harris.com 571-419-4718 Jim Burke
Corporate Jim.Burke@L3Harris.com 321-727-9131
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