The Space Development Agency plans to launch its last group of Tranche 0 missile Tracking Layer demonstration satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris and Emirati light attack aircraft developer Calidus have teamed up to develop an exportable version of the Calidus’ B-250.
Large spans of water and a lack of strategic depth in some countries make airborne early warning assets a valuable commodity for air forces in the region.
L3Harris’s revenue jumped 17% annually in the fourth quarter to $5.3 billion, while adjusted earnings per share of $3.35 were about 1% ahead of consensus estimates.
Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.
The U.S. Space Development Agency has awarded three companies $2.5 billion worth of contracts to supply 54 Tranche 2 missile Tracking Layer satellites.
The Tracking Layer satellites are to be part of the first group of operational missile-tracking spacecraft in the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
L3Harris highlights the potential for the acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne to help the defense contractor become a larger player in space and missile systems.
L3Harris Technologies is adding two members to its board of directors, including a former CEO of erstwhile Raytheon, a deal with activist investor D.E. Shaw.
Ken Bedingfield, a former chief financial officer at Northrop Grumman, is taking the same position at L3Harris Technologies, the latter announced Dec. 4.
