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U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research and development agency within the Department of Defense. Its mission is to develop and deploy a layered missile defense system to protect the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. MDA is developing space-based sensors for tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles and works with partners like the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Navy on testing and deployment. Keywords associated with MDA include missile defense, ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, space-based sensors, and interceptor technology.

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The Missile Defense Agency deployed two CubeSats developed by Space Micro with integrated radio frequency payloads based on Space Micro’s µSDR-C family of small form factor software-defined radios.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Aug 30, 2022Space Micro’s SDRs Perform Successfully in MDA’s CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment

The Missile Defense Agency retired the CNCE Block 1 satellites in March 2022 and the satellites will de-orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.

GeneralGovernanceValue 4.0Aug 30, 2022Space Micro’s SDRs Perform Successfully in MDA’s CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment

The Missile Defense Agency deployed two CubeSats developed by Space Micro with integrated radio frequency (RF) payloads based on Space Micro’s μSDR-C™ family of small form factor software defined radios.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.5Aug 25, 2022Voyager’s Space Micro Software Defined Radio supports success of Missile Defense Agency’s CubeSat networked communications experiment

The Missile Defense Agency retired the CNCE Block 1 satellites in March 2022 and the satellites will de-orbit and burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere.

GeneralPlanValue 4.0Aug 25, 2022Voyager’s Space Micro Software Defined Radio supports success of Missile Defense Agency’s CubeSat networked communications experiment

Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a maximum amount of $3,286,745,005 by the Missile Defense Agency for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System program.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.8Aug 2, 2022Northrop Grumman’s $3.3 billion contract to develop Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System

A fifth L3Harris missile-detection satellite developed for the Missile Defense Agency is expected to launch to low Earth orbit in 2023 with a classified specific timeframe.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 27, 2022L3Harris to deliver five missile-warning satellites for 2023 launches

The Missile Defense Agency plans to launch two HBTSS prototypes, one from L3Harris and one from Northrop Grumman, to test sensor capabilities to track hypersonic and dim upper-stage ballistic missiles.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.4Jul 27, 2022L3Harris to deliver five missile-warning satellites for 2023 launches

L3Harris is developing a missile-detection satellite under a $121,000,000 contract with the Missile Defense Agency for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program (HBTSS).

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.7Jul 27, 2022L3Harris to deliver five missile-warning satellites for 2023 launches

The Missile Defense Agency awarded L3Harris a missile-tracking study contract in 2019 and a prototype demonstration contract in January 2021.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Jun 30, 2022L3Harris infrared space tech will enhance battlefield imagery + missile defense detection

USSF-124 is a U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency mission that will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Eastern Range into low Earth orbit.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2May 30, 2022Space Force identifies national security launches funded in 2022 and 2023

Clear Space Force Station near Fairbanks, Alaska hosts a long-range discrimination radar constructed by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to track ballistic missiles.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 12, 2022Melting Arctic ice opens new front in strategic power competition

Northrop Grumman has more than 2,200 employees across Colorado supporting customers that include the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and the intelligence community.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.1Apr 19, 2022Northrop Grumman To Develop Next-Gen Relay Ground Station For NIWC

The Missile Defense Agency has a technology demonstration scheduled for March 2023 that SDA is tracking to improve missile-tracking accuracy.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 6, 2022War in Ukraine underscores need for missile defense upgrade

The Missile Defense Agency will launch two prototype infrared satellites in late 2023, one from L3Harris and one from Northrop Grumman, to conduct experiments.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Apr 4, 2022New L3Harris space boss says it’s time to rethink risk tolerance

The mission of the Missile Defense Agency is to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight.

GeneralValue 1.8Mar 16, 2022Missile Defense Agency Retires Two Missile Tracking Satellites

The Missile Defense Agency retired two Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration satellites on 2022-03-08.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.2Mar 16, 2022Missile Defense Agency Retires Two Missile Tracking Satellites

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency decommissioned two missile-tracking satellites that operated in low Earth orbit for more than 12 years.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Mar 14, 2022DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit

In 2009 the Missile Defense Agency launched two STSS satellites and the Pentagon abandoned the original SBIRS Low goal of a 24-satellite constellation as costs escalated.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 14, 2022DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit

The Missile Defense Agency requested $15,200,000 in its 2022 budget to retire the STSS satellites and close out the program.

FinancialPlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 14, 2022DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit

L3Harris is collaborating with the Missile Defense Agency to provide prototype HBTSS satellites intended to demonstrate sensitivity and fire-control quality of service necessary to support the hypersonic kill chain.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.3Jan 2, 2022L3Harris’ Final U.S. Missile Defense Agency Satellite Design Milestone
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