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L3Harris Confident in Design for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites, But Faces Industry-Wide Parts Shortage

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L3Harris Confident in Design for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites, But Faces Industry-Wide Parts Shortage
An L3Harris engineer works on the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), a U.S. Air Force Vanguard program that will examine ways to augment the military’s positioning, navigation and timing capabilities (L3Harris Photo)

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] believes it has a solid design for four satellites in Tranche 0 of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tracking Layer, but the company, as others in the space industry, is facing parts shortages that may delay programs. "From a technical perspective, there are not that many challenges," Bill Gattle, the president of space systems for L3Harris, said of the four satellites in a Sept. 10 phone interview. "We have a very solid design. We are very confident…

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