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Vehicle family profile

Titan

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

Manufacturer unknownRetired
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Variants
23
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
220
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
Unknown
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
199830
199950
200030
200130
200220
200340
200410
200520

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource

No performance specs

No structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
USA 186 [IC8]
Titan 404B
Oct 19, 2005
USA 182 [LAC5]
Titan 405B
Apr 30, 2005
USA 176 [DSP22]
Titan 402B
Feb 14, 2004
USA 172 (DMSP F16)

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Commercial Titan 3
Not stated4Retired
Titan 23B
Not stated9Retired
Titan 24B
Not stated23Retired
Titan 33B
Not stated3Retired
Titan II SLV
Oct 18, 2003
USA 171 [RH9]
Titan 401B
Sep 9, 2003
USA 169 (Milstar 6)
Titan 401B
Apr 8, 2003
Coriolis Mission
Titan II SLV
Jan 6, 2003
NOAA 17 Mission
Titan II SLV
Jun 24, 2002

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Titan 34B
Not stated11Retired
Titan 34D
Not stated15Retired
Titan 401A
Not stated9Retired
Titan 401B
Not stated7Retired
Titan 402A
Not stated3Retired
Titan 402B
Not stated5Retired
Titan 403A
Not stated5Retired
Titan 403B
Not stated1Retired
Titan 404A
Not stated3Retired
Titan 404B
Not stated3Retired
Titan 405A
Not stated2Retired
Titan 405B
Not stated1Retired
Titan II GLV
Not stated12Retired
Titan IIIA
Not stated4Retired
Titan IIIB
Not stated22Retired
Titan IIIC
Not stated36Retired
Titan IIID
Not stated22Retired
Titan IIIE
Not stated7Retired
Titan II SLV
Not stated13Retired
Track
Mentions
182
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) program is being developed by Raytheon Technologies.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program
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Systems mounted on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will enhance TITAN’s intelligence-gathering capabilities.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

Raytheon Technologies will integrate modern development tools and processes to enhance the quality of TITAN’s capabilities while meeting tight delivery timelines.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

The baseline software of TITAN enables Task, Collect, Process, Exploit, and Disseminate functions across domains for efficient data integration.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

The contract term for the TITAN competitive prototype phase is 14 months and will include additional software and hardware components.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

The Raytheon Technologies team is designing TITAN to enable multi-domain operations for the Army.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

TITAN will ingest data from space, high-altitude aerial, and terrestrial sensors to provide targetable data to defense systems.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

TITAN is a tactical ground station designed to find and track threats in support of long-range precision targeting.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

The Raytheon-developed TITAN solution will support multi-source intelligence for targeting and situational awareness for commanders.

CapabilityValue 3.5Jun 29, 2022Raytheon Technologies awarded next phase for U.S. Army’s TITAN program

The Dragonfly mission to Titan, chosen under New Frontiers, has a projected lifecycle cost more than twice the program’s previous cost cap of $850,000,000 excluding launch and operations.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0May 19, 2022Ice giants and icy moons: The planetary science decadal survey looks beyond Mars to the outer solar system

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) delivered the first set of products to support the U.S. Army Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) space-ground system prototype developed by Northrop Grumman.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Sep 21, 2021Kratos Delivers First Order to Northrop Grumman for U.S. Army’s TITAN Prototype Program

NASA will launch the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Titan in 2027 and the mission is expected to arrive at Titan in 2034.

PlanValue 4.6Sep 1, 2021China is developing its own Mars helicopter

Mission Microwave’s Titan Ka-band solid-state BUC provides 200 watts of output power.

CapabilityValue 4.5Aug 22, 2021U.S. Army Million$ Contract To Mission Microwave For Their Ku- + Ka-Band BUCs

The US Patent and Trademark Office published a series of patents related to Project Titan by Apple Inc.

LegalGeneralValue 2.2Aug 20, 2021Apple wins three ‘Project Titan’ patents covering advanced LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles

Titan Ka-band BUC orders placed and scheduled for delivery in 2021 exceed $8,000,000.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.2Aug 11, 2021Mission Microwave’s Ka-Band Titan BUC Receiving Millions In Orders

Mission Microwave’s terminal integrator customers have been deploying the Ka-band Titan BUC in volume since 2017.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.8Aug 11, 2021Mission Microwave’s Ka-Band Titan BUC Receiving Millions In Orders

Northrop Grumman is developing two prototype TITAN ground stations under a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit and the Army Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities office.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Jun 28, 2021Raytheon forms industry team to develop U.S. Army ground station

Northrop Grumman’s TITAN prototype designs will be tested in exercises in 2022 and 2023 to demonstrate the value of commercial and military space assets in improving battlefield awareness.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 28, 2021Raytheon forms industry team to develop U.S. Army ground station

The Dragonfly mission will use rotorcraft technology for a much larger vehicle to fly in the dense atmosphere of Titan, and Dragonfly is scheduled for launch in 2027.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 19, 2021Ingenuity performs first flight on Mars

Citadel Defense's Titan protects troops and high-value assets against unwanted drone activity and swarms when large and expensive multi-sensor systems cannot be deployed.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 29, 2021Citadel Defense lands multi-million dollar contract for AI-powered counter drone system