
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $155 million for the second prototype award for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) Phase IIa effort. Under this award, the company will provide the MDA’s HBTSS an on-orbit prototype demonstration, culminating in a launch and early orbit testing. Last week, MDA awarded a similar $122 million prototype contract to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] (Defense Daily, Jan. 15). Both companies won the downselect among four total competitors under…