{"id":16683,"date":"2022-07-18T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/18\/l3harris-northrop-picked-for-13-billion-hypersonics-tracking-satellite-project\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:41:03","slug":"l3harris-northrop-picked-for-13-billion-hypersonics-tracking-satellite-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2022\/07\/18\/l3harris-northrop-picked-for-13-billion-hypersonics-tracking-satellite-project\/","title":{"rendered":"L3Harris, Northrop picked for $1.3 billion hypersonics tracking satellite project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems won a U.S. Department of Defense contract to furnish multimillion-dollar satellites that help detect, identify and target missiles and other cutting-edge threats, including hypersonics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Development Agency on July 18 said the companies will each produce 14 prototype satellites for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer, a key component of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Space Architecture<\/a>, which will consist of hundreds of satellites operating primarily in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, the agreements are valued at more than $1.3 billion. The L3Harris deal came in at $700 million, making each satellite and related service package worth roughly $50 million. The Northrop Grumman deal came in at $617 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven proposals were received. SDA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/video\/2021\/04\/21\/panel-launching-new-space-sentinels-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Director Derek Tournear<\/a> on Monday declined to say who else was interested in furnishing the systems, but did say the competition was healthy and heating up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDA published the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer solicitation in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe primary purpose of this contract is so that we can provide, for the department and for the nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2022\/07\/18\/pentagon-plan-for-homeland-cruise-missile-defense-taking-shape\/\" target=\"_blank\">missile warning and missile tracking<\/a> capability for the advanced missile threats and to deliver that as rapidly as possible,\u201d Tournear told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first launch is expected in April 2025. Three more are expected to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/08\/how-space-development-agency-contractors-are-mitigating-supply-chain-issues\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lockheed_SDA-transport.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How Space Development Agency contractors are mitigating supply chain issues<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Early planning, as well as collaboration and problem solving from its prime contractors, has helped SDA lessen the impact of supply chain issues that have affected the space industry in recent years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The satellites will be installed in different locations, traveling north to south on polar orbits, and will carry overhead persistent infrared sensors. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2021\/09\/20\/space-development-agency-approves-design-for-satellites-that-can-track-hypersonic-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">will be constructed<\/a> with the contemporary space environment in mind, according to Tournear, who emphasized the threat of attrition and the real-world value of strength in numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHistorically, our architecture was designed in an environment that was very benign. In other words, an environment that was not threatened at all,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re in an environment where space is challenged, people talk about space as a warfighting domain. Because of that, we\u2019ve had to completely change the way that we do our space architecture. The space architecture now is designed to be more resilient, based on proliferation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress in fiscal 2022 gave the SDA an extra $550 million, accelerating the agency\u2019s schedules and helping almost double total development and prototyping funds to $1.2 billion from $636 million, C4ISRNET<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/15\/space-development-agency-to-launch-next-missile-warning-satellites-earlier-than-expected\/\" target=\"_blank\"> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon reiterated the point Monday, adding that specific attention was to be paid to the Indo-Pacific, where the U.S. is investing much time and money to counter China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs you as you see in the news, our adversaries, primarily <a 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