L3Harris Technologies is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider serving government, defense, and commercial sectors. Within the space industry, L3Harris specializes in providing end-to-end satellite solutions, including spacecraft, payloads, and ground software, and is a key player in space domain awareness. They develop and manufacture space-qualified components like traveling wave tubes, reflectors, and optical systems, and they also contribute to missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Artemis II. L3Harris partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Space Force, and the Missile Defense Agency.
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The contracts were signed with Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies, with each company contracted to deliver and operate 18 spacecraft.
L3Harris received $843 million and Northrop Grumman received $764 million for providing missile warning and tracking configurations.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, and Rocket Lab were selected to each produce 18 space vehicles for the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab USA, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies are to build 72 satellites for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer under more than $3.5 billion in Other Transaction Authority rapid prototyping contracts.
L3Harris received $843 million for the work on the Tracking Layer of Tranche 3.
In 2023, L3Harris received a five-year contract to build and deliver the advanced imager and hyperspectral IR sounder payloads for Himawari-10.
L3Harris produces the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a key instrument on NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites.
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the cornerstone of L3Harris’ weather division.
L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency’s (JMA) new geostationary meteorological satellite, Himawari-10.
The CDR confirmed that L3Harris’ advanced imager and hyperspectral infrared sounder designs are ready for system-level production.
L3Harris has been a partner in delivering advanced weather technology to Japan for over two decades.
L3Harris Technologies' Meadowlands offensive space warfare system has successfully completed an international Initial Baseline Review.
L3Harris is positioning the Meadowlands system as a standard defensive commodity for allied nations.
The completion of the Initial Baseline Review clears the path for the export of L3Harris' electromagnetic warfare capabilities to allied nations.
Applied Aerospace's customers include L3Harris, Sierra Space, Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, and NASA.
The GOES-R series of satellites includes L3Harris' GOES-R Ground System and spacecraft propulsion systems.
The L3Harris GeoXO Imager (GXI) will measure infrared wavelengths and capture data across the visible spectrum.
L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the next generation imager for the NOAA GeoXO program.
Adrian Thompson has previously worked at Waymo, Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, and L3 Technologies.
L3Harris has been producing rocket motors in Camden since 1979.