{"id":34166,"date":"2024-04-22T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:58:27","slug":"how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Development Agency\u2019s plan to field hundreds of missile warning and communication satellites in the coming years is still in the early days of execution, but one lesson defense firms are drawing from the effort is the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/22\/how-a-contracted-supply-chain-is-challenging-the-space-development-agencys-open-competition-model\/\" target=\"_blank\">fostering a reliable supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris is one of those companies. The Melbourne, Fla.-based firm is on contract to deliver 38 satellites as part of the first three tranches of SDA\u2019s missile tracking constellation,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/02\/14\/pentagon-launches-six-satellites-to-boost-missile-tracking-capability\/\" target=\"_blank\"> four of which launched in February<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company faced supply chain challenges in developing the first four spacecraft, most notably their satellite buses, which were provided by Moog Inc. L3Harris in late March filed a complaint in federal court claiming the bus supplier\u2019s late deliveries damaged its credibility with SDA and \u201cplaced future L3Harris business at significant risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Moog spokesman told C4ISRNET the company plans to \u201cvigorously defend against the allegations, and in due time, will respond in court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, L3Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxar.com\/press-releases\/maxar-space-systems-selected-by-l3harris-technologies-to-support-tranche-2-tracking-layer-program\">selected Maxar to build the satellite bus<\/a> for its Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelle Wendling, president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply chain for small satellites and provided insight into how the company has adapted its strategy over the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interview was edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>You\u2019re on contract for the first three tranches of SDA\u2019s missile tracking satellites, so you\u2019ve delivered some spacecraft and have others in various stages of design and development. What are some lessons you\u2019ve learned early on that you\u2019re applying to the more recent contracts?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve had a number of lessons learned from Tranche 0 moving into Tranche 1. I\u2019d love to tell you the supply chain is in better shape but it\u2019s kind of not yet. We\u2019re still working through the fact that it\u2019s still very much rocket science, and the technology that we need is not built to inventory. There\u2019s definitely opportunity space for us to ensure that we get our supply chain on contract early, that we work with them hand in hand to make sure that we\u2019re going to get to mission success and we\u2019ve got a schedule that cohesively holds together \u2014 especially given some of the dates and timeframes that we\u2019re working on for SDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the most important thing from Tranche 0 to Tranche 1 \u2014 and even into Tranche 2, since that award came in January \u2014 is the fact that we\u2019ve really limited the non-recurring engineering. We\u2019re limiting the NRE so that we can limit the risk and then also try to keep our supply chain somewhat primed as we start to move into this real proliferated phase. We are the only company that has been on all three tranches. Ensuring that we are maturing the design but not making too many changes so that we can keep the risk down and the schedule moving forward has been really a great effort across the three teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>We\u2019ve heard SDA Director Derek Tournear talk about supply issues for particular components and systems like crosslinks and radios. Where have most of your supply challenges been?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You probably could pick on one hand the top five that are really our challenging points. I think [optical intersatellite links] are one. Certainly, who you pick as the bus provider is a big, big element of things. I\u2019d love to tell you the buses have commoditized \u2014 they haven\u2019t. It is still rocket science. And you\u2019ve got to make sure that it is appropriate for the mission and you\u2019re getting the spacecraft when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the same thing with radios. We have a little bit of an advantage in that we have a division that provides our crypto capability and they provide our radios for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>How do you balance the desire to have a diverse supply base with the need for consistency? And have you had to make a lot of changes on the supplier side?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s always a balance between, do I go all in with a partner and really put all my money here or do I have some diversity in my supply base \u2014 which might not give me the best, most cost-effective options, but then I at least have a backup. We\u2019ve actually had to use a hybrid of the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that we\u2019re at that point of proliferation, that supplier diversity really is coming into play. The fact that we\u2019re talking about 14, 16, 18 \u2026 satellites at a time. It\u2019s a lot for the space world. Not all of our suppliers are in a position where they can actually do that themselves. So we\u2019ve had to have a balance of, OK, we\u2019re going to double down and pick maybe some subsystem providers over here that we\u2019re going to be exclusive to. On others, we\u2019re going to have a variety of solar array capabilities or focal planes and other things so that we make sure that we have the diversity, should there be a challenge in in the supply base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>You\u2019ve mentioned the push to limit non-recurring engineering, which refers to the one-time costs associated with developing a new capability. This is an area that Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, has said is a key tenet for space acquisition. What are the practical challenges of reducing NRE?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we talked about on supplier diversity, if you dilute [your supply chain] too much to have multiple suppliers, you can\u2019t necessarily get their investment and their focus and have that kind of partnership. However, whether it\u2019s optical links, whether it\u2019s the focal planes, whether it\u2019s the bus providers, there are key areas where we know we\u2019re probably stressing the system a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not to the point yet where the next level of subsystem providers are really as robust as we need them. And then the third-tier supplier underneath them is even more fragile in the ecosystem because they\u2019re smaller companies with very niche technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s still going to be something we have to work on. But we have been very intentional about where we want to have dual sources. We have dual-source design and we have dual-source parts to make sure that we can meet the manufacturability but also the quantities and the schedule that we have signed up to for the SDA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":37,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"10":{"categories":["space","industry","newsletters","daily-news-roundup","home"],"primary_category":"space"}}},"categories":[7,29,13,37],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3260],"class_list":["post-34166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlefield-tech","category-home","category-industry","category-space"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"FI6OED76DNDP3I27NKZ6PKLFRU","arc_canonical_url":"\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain - C4ISRNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C4ISRNet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Courtney Albon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Courtney Albon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 1109,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Battlefield Tech\",\n\t                \"Home\",\n\t                \"Industry\",\n\t                \"Space\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain - C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/22\\\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Space\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/space\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"c4-space\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"C4ISRNet\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"C4ISRNet\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/c4isrnet\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain - C4ISRNet","description":"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain","og_description":"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/","og_site_name":"C4ISRNet","article_published_time":"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00","author":"Courtney Albon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Courtney Albon","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain","datePublished":"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/"},"wordCount":1109,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Battlefield Tech","Home","Industry","Space"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/","name":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain - C4ISRNet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-22T13:53:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:58:27+00:00","description":"The president of L3Harris\u2019 space systems sector, recently sat down with C4ISRNET to discuss the challenges of developing a diverse yet mature supply base.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/04\/22\/how-l3harris-is-shoring-up-its-small-satellite-supply-chain\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Space","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/","ad_zone":"c4-space"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How L3Harris is shoring up its small satellite supply chain"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","name":"C4ISRNet","description":"Media for the Intelligence-Age Military | C4ISRNET","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#organization","name":"C4ISRNet","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c4isrnet-logo-white.png","caption":"C4ISRNet"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"C4ISRNet","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L3Harris-SDA-Tracking-Tranche-0.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34169,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34166\/revisions\/34169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34166"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=34166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}