Some industry executives said they believe the U.S. Air Force has initiated measures to expedite the process of awarding space-related contracts in an effort to immediately address gaps, Defense One reported Tuesday. “What I“™ve seen in the last year is it“™s moved from rhetoric to reality and it“™s really impacting this industry,“ Bill Gattle, president of […] More

Harris has built a digital mission data unit for potential integration into the navigation payload of the U.S. Air Force‘s 11th and succeeding GPS III satellites. The company said Wednesday its MDU technology is designed to increase signal strength and flexibility of the GPS III Space Vehicle 11+ compared with the Harris-made payload on current GPS III satellites built […] More

Harris has shipped the third of 10 navigation payloads designed to help boost the accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance capacity of Global Positioning System III satellites Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed is scheduled to integrate the new payload into the GPS III Space Vehicle 3 this summer, Harris said Wednesday. “We are now in […] More

Four Harris-built maritime vessel tracking receivers have begun to track nearly 250,000 ships around the world as part of hosted payloads onboard Iridium‘s NEXT satellites that were launched in January. Harris said Monday the receivers are designed to offer global automatic identification system information and ship tracking capacity for government and commercial users. Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation is scheduled to reach full […] More

Harris Corp. has signed an agreement to use hosted payload space on Iridium Communications Inc.“™s Iridium NEXT satellite constellation set for a 2015 launch. The deal could involve “hosting fees” of up to $45 million for the Iridium NEXT resources used once it goes into orbit, with the final amount to be determined when all […] More

Harris Corp. and Iridium Communications have formed a joint venture to develop a new satellite-mounted aircraft tracker for the airline industry and potentially the U.S. military as well. Aireon LLC will install high-end sensors on 66 new Iridium NEXT satellites to track aircraft in transatlantic routes starting in 2015 and aim to save airlines save about […] More

Harris Corp. has completed a two-day preliminary design review for a synthetic aperture radar satellite payload, which is a result of a previously awarded 30-month contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation. The contract is part of NASA‘s rapid response space works and modular space vehicles program for the Defense Department‘s Operationally Responsive Space Office. The payload is designed […] More