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L3Harris, which has won Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency contracts within the last year to produce missile-tracking satellites, outlines a “threat elimination chain” in this graphic.

COLORADO SPRINGS — The deployment of sensor satellites in low Earth orbit to fill blind spots in the U.S. missile defense system is finally moving from the drawing board to actual space hardware. 

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...