Pentagon awards $2.5 billion in satellite contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space
Publishing timestamp: 2024-01-16 15:39:13
Summary
The US Space Force's Space Development Agency has awarded contracts worth $2.5 billion to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to build 54 satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. These satellites will be part of the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer of the satellite constellation, which is related to missile defense. The fixed-price contracts are worth $919 million for L3Harris, $890 million for Lockheed Martin, and $740 million for Sierra Space. The satellites are expected to launch in April 2027.
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