Leonardo DRS to Provide Advanced Space-Based Infrared Sensor Payload for Missile Defense Program

Leonardo DRS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRS) announced today that it was awarded a subcontract to provide Infrared Mission Payloads in support of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 3 ...
Aviation Week

L3Harris Missile-Tracking Infrared Satellite Sensor Passes PDR

The sensor is designed for the Epoch satellite constellation. Credit: L3Harris L3Harris’s missile-tracking infrared satellite payload has passed its preliminary design review (PDR). The sensor is ...
Aviation Week

Infrared Tracking Sensor Clears Super Hornet Operational Milestone

An upgraded, passive missile targeting sensor for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet is now eligible for deployment, the U.S. Navy said on Feb. 4. The Block II infrared search and track (IRST) ...
SpaceNews

Northrop Grumman to Develop Satellites with Infrared Sensors for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a competition to build and deploy a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development ...
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This is who Congress wants in charge of new hypersonic-tracking sensors

Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency to take primary responsibility for developing and deploying the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor. (Concept art from Northrop Grumman) Congress ...