L3Harris Wins Design Contract For Space Force Missile Tracking

DARPA concept for for Space Force missile tracking
Credit: DARPA
L3Harris will launch the design of a overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) sensor to track hypersonic missiles from medium Earth orbit (MEO) under a nearly $29 million contract awarded by U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC). The one-year design effort could, if successful, lead to a follow-on contract to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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