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Title: L3Harris wins $1.2 billion contract to maintain, upgrade space surveillance systems
Post by: Elderberry on March 01, 2020, 08:15:25 pm

Space News by Sandra Erwin — February 29, 2020

WASHINGTON — L3Harris has been awarded a 10-year $1.2 billion contract by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to maintain and modernize the military’s network of space surveillance sensors.

The award is for a new program named MOSSAIC, short for maintenance of space situational awareness integrated capabilities. The selection of L3Harris was announced Feb. 25 on the beta.SAM.gov federal contracting opportunities website.

MOSSAIC replaces a previous contract that Harris (before it merged with L3) had held since 2002 to maintain the Air Force’s network of telescopes — known as the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System — that track objects in geostationary orbits. Now under control of the U.S. Space Force are three GEODSS sites — on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean; at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; and in Maui, Hawaii.

More: https://spacenews.com/l3harris-wins-1-2-billion-contract-to-maintain-upgrade-space-surveillance-sensors/ (https://spacenews.com/l3harris-wins-1-2-billion-contract-to-maintain-upgrade-space-surveillance-sensors/)