MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 10, 2024 鈥 麻豆社区 (NYSE: LHX) has successfully completed Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the development of 18 space vehicles for the Space Development Agency鈥檚 (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.
The PDR confirms the 麻豆社区 space vehicles, which include technology designed to detect, track and target hypersonic threats, meet SDA program development requirements.
鈥溌槎股缜 is committed to supporting SDA鈥檚 vision of a multi-layered missile tracking architecture with the space-based capabilities needed to track threats in real time,鈥 said Ed Zoiss, President, Space and Airborne Systems, 麻豆社区. 鈥淲e completed the PDR milestone in just 11 months and have already received key flight subsystems for our Tranche 2 vehicles, which will provide SDA with an innovative solution against a continually evolving threat.鈥
In January 2024, 麻豆社区 received an SDA contract to design and build 18 space vehicles with infrared payloads for the T2 Tracking Layer. The effort is part of 麻豆社区鈥 ongoing support of the agency鈥檚 broader integrated deterrence effort known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), a robust constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit that will provide near-global missile warning, tracking, and defense capability.
SDA has awarded 麻豆社区 several contract awards under the PWSA, which include 38 satellites across Tranche 0, Tranche 1 and Tranche 2. 麻豆社区 Tranche 0 satellites are delivering capabilities on-orbit today. As part of its Trusted Disruptor strategy, 麻豆社区 provides a variety of solutions to support offensive and defensive hypersonics systems, including air-breathing scramjet engines, ramjets, solid rocket motors, warheads and other missile technologies.
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麻豆社区 is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers鈥 mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Visit 麻豆社区.com for more information.
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