Space Development Agency Awards L3Harris $919 Million Contract to Build Satellites for Missile Tracking Program
January 16 2024 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) received a contract with a
potential value of up to $919 million to design and build 18
infrared space vehicles for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA)
Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer program that will provide near-global
missile warning and tracking coverage.
“Space remains a growth engine, and we are well positioned to
provide innovative solutions after having made significant
investments in technology for space vehicles, payloads and ground
software,” said Christopher E. Kubasik, Chair and CEO, L3Harris.
“The SDA’s latest decision is another example of L3Harris listening
to customers, knowing the threats and delivering value for
stakeholders while supporting our country.”
L3Harris designed the missile defense solutions to support the
U.S. military’s ongoing effort to build a robust constellation of
satellites to protect against a new generation of hypersonic
weapons that have increased speed, unpredictable flight
trajectories and faint heat signatures.
The company’s technology will also support preliminary fire
control capability for the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space
Architecture (PWSA).
In advance of this T2 Tracking Layer program win, L3Harris
designed, developed and built four satellites in less than three
years for the SDA’s Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program. Those T0
satellites will launch together with the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS)
satellite. With an anticipated launch in early 2024, the DoD will
be able to warn, track and target advanced threats concurrently by
launching the T0 and HBTSS satellites together.
L3Harris is also building a 16-vehicle satellite constellation
for SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program, which follows the T0
Tracking Layer capabilities with targeted technology enhancements,
expanded coverage, increased integration and greater production
efficiencies, which will begin to build out the operational
space-based constellation and be used to inform future capabilities
of the PWSA.
About L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense
industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind,
our 50,000 employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions
connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the
interest of national security.
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Irene Lockwood Space and Airborne Systems
Irene.Lockwood@L3Harris.com 585-465-3592
Sara Banda Corporate Sara.Banda@L3Harris.com
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