L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris develops electronic antenna for command and control of military satellites
L3Harris Technologies announced Jan. 12 it completed the development of an electronic phased array ground antenna for the U.S. Space Force.

Space Development Agency restores L3Harris, SpaceX contracts following protest
Following a series of contract protests, the Space Development Agency again awarded SpaceX a $149 million contract and L3Harris a $193.5 million contract to each build four satellites to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles

L3Harris wins contract to apply artificial intelligence to remotely sensed data
L3Harris Technologies will help the U.S. Defense Department extract information and insight from satellite and airborne imagery under a three-year U.S. Army Research Laboratory contract.

Raytheon, L3Harris, BAE Systems get $552 million for GPS user equipment
Raytheon, L3Harris and BAE collectively received $552.5 million in contracts to develop and produce integrated circuit cards for military GPS receivers.

Starburst announces 15 finalists to pitch ideas to U.S. and U.K. defense agencies
Starburst Aerospace announced 14 startups and one consortium invited to share proposals for addressing important space-related challenges facing the United States and the United Kingdom at International Space Pitch Day, an event to be held in November at the virtual Defence Space Conference 2020.

DoD space agency driving Pentagon contractors to rethink their price points
L3Harris' Bill Gattle says the DoD space market is changing in fundamental ways

L3Harris, SpaceX win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites
SpaceX will outsource the sensor payload for a missile-tracking satellite SDA says will be based on the company's Starlink design.

L3Harris gets $119 million Space Force contract for deep-space telescopes
The contract is to upgrade and expand the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System that track objects in geostationary orbits.

Air Force Research Laboratory’s NTS-3 satellite to launch on ULA’s Vulcan
The 1,250-kilogram NTS-3 satellite is being built by L3Harris under an $84 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Veteran manufacturers question pricing strategy of newcomers
Manufacturers agreed the cost of cubesats and small satellites of all sizes will decline as constellation developers and operators begin placing larger orders.

Manufacturers worry about smallsats getting too hot, literally
As small satellites become more powerful, manufacturers say they need better ways to manage excess heat generated by their electronics systems.

L3Harris cleared to begin production of Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite
The Air Force said the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 has passed a critical design review.

L3Harris developing a constellation of small spy satellites for U.S. Air Force
L3Harris has launched the first satellite of a remote sensing constellation.

L3Harris wins NOAA weather constellation study contracts
L3Harris Technologies won four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contracts worth a combined $2.55 million for design studies of weather satellites, instruments and mission concepts.

Ball Aerospace wins NOAA weather instruments study contracts
Ball Aerospace won four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contracts worth a combined $2.32 million for weather satellite and instrument design studies.