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All 16 L3Harris satellites for SDA’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 are projected to launch in mid-2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
L3Harris Technologies plans to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion, pending regulatory approval.
In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on a phased array radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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.
Space Force officials rated the recent L3Harris communications upgrade milestone at a 100 percent success rate.
Northrop Grumman and L3Harris are supplying the Space Development Agency with 14 missile-tracking satellites apiece for Tranche 1.
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.
L3Harris selected the Maxar 300 series as the bus for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking constellation.
Under a contract with the Mitsubishi Electric Group, L3Harris will build and deliver an advanced imager and sounder for JMA’s Himawari-10 satellite.
The Himawari-10 imager will use a similar technical platform as L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R.
L3Harris Technologies received a contract to provide next-generation geostationary imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency.