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Millennium Space, L3Harris Complete Critical Design Review For FOO Fighter

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

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Millennium Space, L3Harris Complete Critical Design Review For FOO Fighter

Pictured is a schematic of FOO Fighter (Millennium Space Systems)

Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems on Monday said it had completed the critical design review (CDR) for a missile defense fire control program managed by the Space Development Agency (SDA). The successful CDR mean the SDA’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program is transitioning to production. L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is developing the electro-optical and infrared sensor payloads for Millennium’s eight satellites that will be launched into a prototype constellation to assess fire control capability for the global detection, warning,…

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