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L3Harris will continue development of the missile warning satellites as it works toward critical design review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve worked closely with SDA to ensure our design taps proven technology that can scale to address the changing mission,\u201d said L3Harris Space and Airborne Systems President Ed Zoiss in a statement. \u201cWe understand the threat and are focused on delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris was one of just two companies awarded contracts for the agency\u2019s first eight missile warning satellites. SDA awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/10\/05\/space-development-agency-orders-8-hypersonic-weapon-tracking-satellites\/\">$193 million to L3Harris and $149 million to SpaceX<\/a> in October 2020 to design and develop four satellites each. While competitors Raytheon Technologies and Airbus U.S. Space and Defense each filed protests with the Government Accountability Office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/01\/07\/space-development-agency-confirms-spacex-l3harris-awards-following-protest\/\">ultimately the contracts were upheld<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spacecraft will be equipped with wide field of view overhead persistent infrared sensors designed to detect hypersonic weapons, which pose a challenge to the United States\u2019 current missile warning architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those eight satellites will comprise the inaugural tracking layer of the SDA\u2019s National Defense Space Architecture, a proliferated constellation made up of hundreds of satellites mostly operating in low Earth orbit. L3Harris is also developing a prototype for the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/01\/14\/l3harris-to-build-prototype-satellite-capable-of-tracking-hypersonic-weapons\/\">Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor<\/a>, or HBTSS, after receiving a $121 million contract in January. 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