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L3Harris Wins $122 Million For Hypersonic Tracking Satellite Prototype

Friday, January 15th, 2021

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L3Harris Wins $122 Million For Hypersonic Tracking Satellite Prototype

Concept art of hypersonic missile defense systems. (Image: Northrop Grumman)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded L3Harris Tehcnologies, Inc. [LHX] a $122 million prototype award Jan. 14 for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) Phase IIa effort. Under this award, the company is directed to provide the MDA’s HBTSS an on-orbit prototype demonstration, culminating with a launch and early orbit testing. L3Harris won among four total contracts received by MDA under the HBTSS program. In 2019, L3Harris, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Leidos [LDOS], and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] each won…

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