
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Tuesday that it had finished Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to develop 18 satellites with infrared payloads for the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 2, Tracking Layer for the detection and defeat of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. In January, SDA awarded L3Harris an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) firm, fixed-price contract for the Tranche 2, Tracking Layer of up to $919 million, while Lockheed Martin [LMT] received up to $890 million and Sierra Space–a…