The Space Development Agency announced a new agreement with two contractors on Monday to produce satellites that have the ability to defend against hypersonic missiles.
Out of the seven applicants, L3Harris Technologies, located in Melbourne, Florida, and Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems, out of Redondo Beach, California, won the contract, which the Department of Defense said has a total possible value of more than $1.3 billion. Each company will build a space segment consisting of two planes, with seven satellites per plane, meaning a total of 28 will be created. They will collect infrared data and help with network communications.
Various Pentagon officials have spoken out in recent months regarding the Chinese military's superiority on hypersonics. The Defense Department has successfully conducted two hypersonic missile system tests recently, the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced last week.
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