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U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

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L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) was awarded a $121,000,000 U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to build space flight hardware for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipFeb 2, 2021L3Harris Technologies Wins Next Phase of Space Flight Hardware For Missile Defense Contract

The Missile Defense Agency awarded L3Harris a study contract for the HBTSS development program in 2019 as the prior phase of the program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralFeb 2, 2021L3Harris Technologies Wins Next Phase of Space Flight Hardware For Missile Defense Contract

The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency are expected to procure hundreds more satellites to eventually provide global coverage.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $155,000,000 contract on 2021-01-22 for the prototype sensor satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

Northrop Grumman was selected by the Missile Defense Agency to build a prototype sensor satellite capable of tracking hypersonic and ballistic missiles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

L3Harris was selected by the Missile Defense Agency to build a prototype sensor satellite capable of tracking hypersonic and ballistic missiles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency awarded L3Harris a $121,000,000 contract on 2021-01-14 for the prototype sensor satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

In October 2019 the Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Leidos, and L3Harris each $20,000,000 contracts to design space sensors for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipJan 22, 2021Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency

The Missile Defense Agency will develop an additional 28 wide field-of-view satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative PlanOct 7, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX bag contracts to build missile-warning satellites

The medium field-of-view OPIR sensors developed by the Missile Defense Agency will provide more specific target location data to cue weapons automatically.

Mentioned as: missile defense agencyTechnical ProductOct 5, 2020L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites

The Department of the Air Force, the Missile Defense Agency, the Space Development Agency, and others are planning to spend tens of billions of dollars pursuing various potential satellite constellations with a variety of sensor types, constellation sizes, and orbits ranging from proliferated low Earth to geosynchronous.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductSep 22, 2020Space Force, DoD agencies, NRO try to get on the same page on future acquisitions

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is designing a medium-field-of-view satellite layer that has not yet been funded.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralJun 7, 2020Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022

Constellations of satellites that use infrared sensors to detect missile launches are being developed by the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency, and the Missile Defense Agency.

Mentioned as: Missile Defense AgencyTechnical ProductMar 18, 2020Space Force to deliver report to Congress on proposed changes to acquisitions

The military services and the Missile Defense Agency submitted nearly $18,000,000,000 in unfunded priorities for fiscal year 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative FinancialFeb 22, 2020U.S. military’s annual list of ‘unfunded priorities’ includes $1 billion for Space Force

A Missile Defense Agency test to intercept a ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean is planned for late 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Leidos, and L3Harris each a $20,000,000 contract to design space sensors that can track hypersonic and ballistic missiles on 2019-10-29.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipOct 30, 2019Missile Defense Agency selects four companies to develop space sensors

The subcommittee included $237,800,000 for the Missile Defense Agency to accelerate hypersonic defense programs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative FinancialSep 10, 2019Senate defense appropriators support DoD space request, propose ‘tactical responsive launch’ program

The subcommittee provided $108,000,000 to the Missile Defense Agency for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program, formerly known as the Space Sensor Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipSep 10, 2019Senate defense appropriators support DoD space request, propose ‘tactical responsive launch’ program

The White House opposes a Senate NDAA provision that assigns the Missile Defense Agency responsibility for developing and deploying a hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensor constellation "as soon as technically feasible."

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Narrative GeneralSep 8, 2019White House pushes back on Senate language on Space Force, missile defense satellites

The Missile Defense Agency requested $157,400,000 to continue developing space-based sensors to defend the United States and allies from hypersonic threats.

Mentioned as: U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Org RelationshipMay 27, 2019SASC bill directs DoD to make use of commercial spaceports for small satellite launches
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