L3Harris Space Systems and Simulation provides advanced robotics simulation environments tailored for astronaut and ground personnel training, as well as mission support for space operations. This state-of-the-art simulator is currently utilized to train International Space Station astronauts in performing critical on-orbit robotics tasks, such as payload handling and berthing operations. Featuring high-fidelity simulations of robotic arm dynamics in microgravity, the system supports complex task planning and verification in a realistic environment. Enhanced with contact dynamics models for accurate payload berthing and 3D visual models that replicate operational lighting conditions, the simulator allows users to practice critical tasks with confidence. Additionally, it offers customizable configurations to accommodate various robotic systems, ensuring a versatile training platform for future space missions.
L3Harris End-To-End Small Satellite Solutions offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance smallsat capabilities, leveraging over 60 years of experience in space and intelligence missions. The solutions encompass all phases of small satellite development, from mission planning and engineering design to manufacturing, integration, testing, and operational execution. Key innovations include the AppSTAR™ software-defined payload platform, which allows for mission adaptability post-deployment, and the SpaceView™ imaging systems that provide high-resolution imagery tailored for various missions. Additionally, L3Harris develops scalable ground systems to manage satellite constellations efficiently, ensuring cost-effective operations and actionable intelligence from collected data. With a commitment to reducing costs and risks while enhancing mission success, L3Harris stands at the forefront of small satellite technology.
Space Electronic Warfare (EW) is crucial for ensuring successful space operations by dominating the electromagnetic spectrum. This advanced capability includes operational systems designed to deny adversaries access to their space assets while safeguarding U.S. interests. L3Harris is at the forefront of this technology, transitioning from standalone, single-mission systems to versatile multi-mission platforms equipped with dynamic command and control and remote operation capabilities. The company also emphasizes the importance of testing and training for space control warfighters, offering realistic total immersion environments for live, virtual, and constructive training. By fusing these environments, L3Harris supports multi-domain testing and global exercises, enabling operators to execute essential warfighting functions such as finding, fixing, tracking, targeting, engaging, and assessing threats. In the realm of space power, maintaining electromagnetic spectrum dominance is vital for operational effectiveness and denying adversaries critical access.
L3Harris Aerospace Engineering Services provides comprehensive solutions for military, commercial, and international aircraft needs, boasting over 35 years of experience in Waco, Texas. With a proven track record of modifying and delivering more than 95 types of aircraft variants, the company specializes in "M3" capabilities—Missionization, Modernization, and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul. Their expertise includes complex aircraft conversions, maritime operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and command and control systems. L3Harris also excels in rapid prototype development, offering quick and cost-effective production of 3D solid plastic parts directly from CAD data to support design reviews, part verification, marketing models, and manufacturing tooling.
The Counter Communications System (CCS) is a cutting-edge, deployable ground-based platform designed to deny satellite communications, enhancing the operational capabilities of U.S. warfighters across various domains. As the Space Force's sole ground-based space control system, CCS provides offensive electronic warfare capabilities that can effectively jam adversarial communications during conflicts, creating a more secure environment for military operations. Currently, 16 transportable CCS units are strategically located and operated by the U.S. Space Force and Air National Guard, allowing for reversible denial of satellite transmissions in alignment with mission objectives. L3Harris, the prime contractor for the latest upgrade (Block 10.2), is committed to advancing this technology, which will evolve into multi-mission platforms featuring dynamic command and control capabilities, ultimately ensuring U.S. forces maintain a strategic advantage in contested space environments.
Olympus is an advanced all-domain live, virtual constructive environment designed to enhance joint command and control operations across various military domains. This sophisticated platform enables theater-wide mission planning, exercise support, and training through a realistic 3D rendered interface that immerses users in a virtual command center. Olympus facilitates cross-domain interactions for engagements, missions, and large-scale campaigns, while its configurable common operating picture feature integrates external systems and sensor feeds to ensure real-time situational awareness. With a distributed architecture that supports collaboration across multiple nodes, Olympus empowers warfighters to train as they fight, improving readiness and decision-making capabilities in complex environments. The system's high-performance modeling and simulation capabilities allow for effective analytics and strategy development, making it an essential tool for modern military operations.
The Space BMC3 is a cutting-edge solution developed by L3Harris, designed to enhance space domain awareness (SDA) for military and defense applications. This advanced system enables the detection, attribution, and response to threats against U.S. and allied space systems, ensuring continuous operational capability in space. By leveraging state-of-the-art optical assemblies and innovative technologies, Space BMC3 addresses some of the most pressing challenges in modern space security, providing critical support to the Department of Defense's mission to safeguard national interests in the increasingly contested space environment.
L3Harris' Space Superiority Sustainment offers a comprehensive approach to lifecycle management, leveraging over 50 years of expertise in government systems design and integration. This service is designed to provide effective lifecycle cost analysis and implementation plans without compromising safety or quality. By utilizing a dynamic and collaborative methodology, L3Harris ensures that systems enhance their warfighting capabilities over time, even amidst budget constraints. The single, integrated architecture approach fosters joint capabilities and supports system development at all levels, facilitating rapid discovery and reuse of architectural data for significant lifecycle cost savings. Additionally, L3Harris' rapid reaction capability allows for the swift extension of developmental prototypes, transforming short-term systems into long-term operational assets while ensuring sustainability, compatibility, interoperability, dependability, and availability are maintained throughout the process.
The Space Test and Training Range (STTR) by L3Harris exemplifies the company's dedication to enhancing existing military capabilities through innovative training solutions. This facility supports critical operator test and training missions by simulating real-world environments, ensuring that operators are proficient in utilizing the nation’s space superiority tools and assets. With a focus on live, virtual, and constructive training, L3Harris provides comprehensive programs that develop certified operators through expertly crafted manuals and continuous training services, including train-the-trainer initiatives. The STTR also plays a vital role during live Red Flag exercises, enabling multiple military units to train cohesively while ensuring the reliability of various warfighting systems involved.
Multimission Enterprise Ground Architectures by L3Harris provide a cutting-edge solution designed to integrate diverse programs and streamline command and control operations. This innovative platform features a unified interface that significantly reduces operational and maintenance costs by eliminating redundancies in facilities, infrastructure, and personnel across multiple systems. By leveraging common algorithms and shared computing resources, L3Harris enables organizations to efficiently access, process, and distribute data from various sources, including satellites and hosted payloads. The use of commercial cloud technologies further enhances the deployment of algorithms to virtual machines, ensuring a sustainable and effective infrastructure that meets the complexities of modern mission requirements.
L3Harris Satellite Imagery Services offers a comprehensive suite of high-quality satellite mapping solutions tailored to meet diverse client needs. With end-to-end capabilities that encompass data acquisition, processing, and analysis, L3Harris ensures precise and actionable insights. The company leverages global partnerships with satellite data suppliers and maintains an extensive internal archive, providing clients with flexible licensing options to suit various applications. Whether for environmental monitoring, urban planning, or disaster response, L3Harris delivers reliable and customized satellite imagery services to support informed decision-making.
L3Harris's Space-based Missile Warning & Defense system is at the forefront of addressing the emerging threat posed by hypersonic missiles, which are faster and more maneuverable than traditional ballistic missiles, making them challenging to track. This advanced system utilizes a robust constellation of satellites across various orbits—geosynchronous, highly elliptical, medium-Earth, and low-Earth—to ensure rapid detection and precise targeting of these threats. Leveraging over 60 years of experience in designing mission-critical infrared instruments, L3Harris provides multilayered missile defense solutions that offer continuous global coverage and real-time processing capabilities. As the U.S. military faces evolving risks from both adversarial technologies and cyber threats, L3Harris is committed to delivering responsive and resilient missile warning systems that enhance national security and support warfighters in their critical missions.
Defense Specialty Metals is a leading provider of advanced materials and components tailored for defense and energy applications. Specializing in a diverse range of materials such as tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, rhenium, titanium, depleted uranium, nickel, aluminum, copper, and various custom alloys, the company meets the rigorous demands of the industry. In addition to materials, Defense Specialty Metals produces a wide array of ordnance components and assemblies, including kinetic energy penetrators, fragmentation devices, shaped charges, and warhead components. Their heavy metal components are essential for the energy sector, supporting down-hole logging and radiation shielding. With a commitment to innovation and quality, Defense Specialty Metals continues to play a pivotal role in enhancing operational capabilities across multiple sectors.
Green Propulsion is an innovative propulsion solution developed by L3Harris, offering 50% higher performance compared to traditional hydrazine systems due to its enhanced density and specific impulse (Isp). This advanced propellant features a lower freezing point, which reduces the energy required to maintain spacecraft temperatures, leading to cost-effective operations. As the primary payload provider for NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM), L3Harris successfully demonstrated this technology, paving the way for its application in CubeSat propulsion systems. By leveraging insights from the GPIM program and additive manufacturing techniques, L3Harris is creating low-cost, modular propulsion systems for CubeSats, enhancing their maneuverability and orbital maintenance capabilities with delta-v performance of up to 750 m/sec across various module sizes from 1U to 8U.
L3Harris Global Positioning System (GPS) Payloads represent the forefront of satellite navigation technology, delivering unmatched precision and reliability for both military and civilian applications. With over 800 years of cumulative on-orbit operations and more than 40 years of experience in GPS development, L3Harris is at the helm of GPS modernization initiatives, focusing on the next-generation GPS III satellite constellation. These advanced payloads are designed to enhance positioning, navigation, and timing services, boasting three times the accuracy of current systems and eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities. Operational for 15 years or more, these payloads ensure superior system security and performance, providing critical navigation data worldwide while withstanding the rigors of space environments.
