{"id":8409,"date":"2023-07-05T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/l3harris-awarded-contract-by-u-s-space-force-to-support-detection-and-tracking-of-missiles\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:00:46","slug":"l3harris-awarded-contract-by-u-s-space-force-to-support-detection-and-tracking-of-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/l3harris-awarded-contract-by-u-s-space-force-to-support-detection-and-tracking-of-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"L3Harris Awarded Contract by U.S. Space Force to Support Detection and Tracking of Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/L3harris_cover_N_638241289155991623.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"L3Harris Awarded Contract by U.S. Space Force to Support Detection and Tracking of Missiles\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/L3harris_cover_N_638241289155991623.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/L3harris_cover_N_638241289155991623.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle, awarded L3Harris Technologies approximately $29 million for a sensor payload design contract to deliver a digital model for the medium Earth orbit (MEO) \u2013 Missile Track Custody (MTC) Epoch 1 program that will support detecting and tracking hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>To inform the Space Force\u2019s future missile warning and tracking constellation, L3Harris will conduct an infrared sensor payload critical design phase that will support realistic cost, schedule, and performance predictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cL3Harris is proud to be an integral part of the Space Force Space Systems Command\u2019s Missile Track Custody program, which will provide groundbreaking missile warning and tracking capabilities that are at the forefront of our national defense,\u201d said Ed Zoiss, President, of Space and Airborne Systems, L3Harris. \u201cWe are committed to leveraging our extensive work within our nation\u2019s integrated missile defense architecture to provide resilient, low-risk, and affordable solutions for both Epoch 1 and future Epochs.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The L3Harris MEO-MTC contract will conclude its critical design review phase in May 2024. The work will be performed at the company\u2019s Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Melbourne, Florida, facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited the next generation of Space Force missile tracking satellites will be built right here in Fort Wayne,\u201d said Congressman Jim Banks, who represents Indiana\u2019s 3rd Congressional District where L3Harris\u2019 Fort Wayne facility is located. \u201cThese satellites are crucial to defending our homeland and a great example of the groundbreaking innovation going on in Northeast Indiana. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I\u2019m proud to have helped secure this investment that will support hundreds of high-paying jobs in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click Here to Learn More About L3Harris Missile Warning and Defense Capabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_r0f6FRmLw?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, through the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) vehicle, awarded L3Harris Technologies approximately $29 million for a sensor payload design contract to deliver a digital model for the medium Earth orbit (MEO) \u2013 Missile Track Custody (MTC) Epoch 1 program that will support detecting and tracking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20,45],"class_list":["post-8409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite","tag-sensors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}