L3Harris and the Space Development Agency (SDA) have achieved the Critical Design Review and Production Readiness Review for SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer. Advancing this program to the production stage marks an important step toward a next-generation, layered defense architecture that can track threats in real time.
“L3Harris is committed to working closely with SDA to put proliferated missile warning and tracking capability on orbit as quickly as possible,” said Rob Mitrevski, President, Golden Dome Strategy and Integration, L3Harris. “We demonstrated that L3Harris’ production design approach achieves both of SDA’s pillars of proliferation and spiral development. Our relentless pursuit of continued design improvement at scale is how L3Harris will answer the President’s call for a robust constellation of space-based sensors that can defend our nation against complex threats.”
The L3Harris Tranche 2 Tracking Layer design includes technology that can detect, track and target advanced missile threats on a global scale at low latency. The review validated that L3Harris’ space vehicle and ground system designs meet mission requirements and can proceed to production.
L3Harris has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure and manufacturing processes across the United States, including $250 million to renovate and expand manufacturing facilities for space-based missile warning and defense technologies in Indiana, Florida and Massachusetts.
L3Harris produces a range of proven technologies that could further enable the Golden Dome for America, including advanced space satellites, datalinks, multi-domain ISR, precision fire-control sensing, and propulsion and control systems for interceptors.
