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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L3Harris Technologies has entered into a teaming agreement with BigBear.ai to deliver advanced autonomous surface vessel capabilities and artificial intelligence for maritime defense programs.
Maxar Technologies will deliver in early 2024 the first of 16 satellite buses ordered by L3Harris for a U.S. Space Development Agency low Earth orbit military constellation.
Maxar manufactures the small satellite buses at its satellite factory in Palo Alto, California and will ship them to L3Harris’ assembly facility in Palm Bay, Florida.
The satellite bus selected by L3Harris for the SDA Tracking Layer is the smallest bus in Maxar’s product line and is designed for proliferated constellations requiring faster production rates.
All 16 L3Harris satellites for SDA’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 are projected to launch in mid-2025.
Maxar plans to conduct a very rigorous lab test campaign on the new bus before shipping the first unit to L3Harris.
L3Harris won a $700,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency in July to produce 14 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 1 plus two additional satellites for a missile-tracking demonstration.
L3Harris has provided systems or support for the U-2 Dragon Lady, MQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, and E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post programs.
L3Harris received a U.S. Air Force task order award via the Data Link Enterprise indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to develop a Common Tactical Edge Network.
The NTS-3 satellite was built by L3Harris to operate for one year in a near-geosynchronous orbit and to broadcast navigation signals from a phased array antenna.
Parsons won the NTS-3 ground system contract in 2017 and L3Harris received the NTS-3 satellite contract in 2018.
L3Harris and Northrop Grumman were previously selected for Tracking Layer Tranche 1 contracts and each won contracts for 14 satellites.
L3Harris Technologies plans to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion, pending regulatory approval.
Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted Earth science cooperation and directed the National Space Council to expand the TEMPO-like monitoring network to include the Southern Hemisphere, specifically Africa and South America.
Space Force officials rated the recent L3Harris communications upgrade milestone at a 100 percent success rate.
In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on powerful telescopes in Maui, Hawaii.
In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on a command-and-control center in Dahlgren, Virginia.
In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on a phased array radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
In August, Maxar was selected by L3Harris to build 14 missile-detection satellites based on the Maxar 300 series for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Northrop Grumman and L3Harris are supplying the Space Development Agency with 14 missile-tracking satellites apiece for Tranche 1.