The U.S. Missile Defence Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $121m contract to build space flight hardware to demonstrate the company’s solution for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) programme, according to L3Harris. Speaking about the contract, Ed Zoiss, President, L3Harris Space and Airborne Systems said:
“Our near-peer adversaries are making rapid advancements in missile technologies, posing a threat to our forward-deployed forces, allies and the nation. L3Harris is leveraging our long-standing expertise in infrared remote sensing, advanced processing and communications, in addition to our recent wins in responsive space missions, to enable the Missile Defence Agency to quickly field significantly more capable and cost-effective mission solutions to address these threats.”...MORE
