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A joint government and Northrop Grumman contractor team operated STSS from the Missile Defense Space Center ground station as part of MDA’s Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency decommissioned two missile-tracking satellites that operated in low Earth orbit for more than 12 years.
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.
The Missile Defense Agency requested $15,200,000 in its 2022 budget to retire the STSS satellites and close out the program.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded L3Harris a study contract for HBTSS in 2019 and awarded the prototype demonstration contract in January 2021.
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.
Congressional committees have raised concerns about overlap between the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer and the Missile Defense Agency’s HBTSS program.
The Missile Defense Agency in January awarded Northrop Grumman a $155,000,000 contract and L3Harris a $121,000,000 contract to develop prototypes for on-orbit demonstrations.
Valley Tech Systems developed its controllable solid-propulsion technology under a series of Small Business Innovation Research contracts from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force with Lockheed Martin as the commercialization and technology transition partner.
The Missile Defense Agency selected two satellite designs made by L3Harris and Northrop Grumman for HBTSS and plans to launch both prototypes to orbit in 2023.
The Space Development Agency is working with the Missile Defense Agency on infrared sensor technology for detection of missile threats in low Earth orbit.
Valley Tech Systems won a $94,000,000 contract from Lockheed Martin to provide a solid propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor.
Valley Tech Systems developed its NGI propulsion technology under a series of Small Business Innovation Research contracts awarded by the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force with Lockheed Martin as the commercialization and technology transition partner.
The Space Development Agency is working with the Missile Defense Agency to develop sensor satellites to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
The Missile Defense Agency selected Raytheon Missiles & Defense as one of the companies to develop and test the first interceptor specifically designed to defeat hypersonic threats.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts on 2021-11-19 to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon to develop interceptor missiles capable of hitting a hypersonic glide vehicle in flight.
Northrop Grumman received a $153,000,000 contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for the Phase IIB portion of the HBTSS program.
Valley Tech Systems holds multiple awards from the Missile Defense Agency, NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Army for its advanced technologies.
L3Harris is developing a sensor satellite to track hypersonic and ballistic missiles under a $121,000,000 contract received in January from the Missile Defense Agency.
The Missile Defense Agency awarded L3Harris a prototype contract to develop the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor in January.