Defense News:

 The U.S. Space Force awarded L3Harris Technologies a $29 million contract to design a sensor for the service’s planned Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking satellite constellation.

Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon Technologies are already on contract to develop sensor prototypes for the satellites, which will reside in medium Earth orbit — between 1,200 miles and 22,000 miles above the planet. According to the program’s senior materiel leader, selecting L3Harris to design a third sensor as part of the program’s first phase, or “Epoch,” broadens the Space Force’s industry team, giving the service more options as the constellation grows.

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