Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a $955 million contract to build 18 satellites for the United States’ Golden Dome missile defense shield, according to announcements made Monday by both the company and the contracting agency.
The contract was issued by the Space Development Agency, which operates under the U.S. Space Force. With this latest deal, L3Harris has now received orders for a minimum of 70 missile-tracking and defense satellites from the U.S. government — five of which are already in orbit.
Over the past year, L3Harris has been expanding its space and satellite manufacturing operations across the country as part of an effort to support President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative.
The company says the satellites are designed to detect and track advanced missile threats, and that manufacturing will get underway right away.
L3Harris is among the defense contractors that have seen growing business amid record levels of U.S. defense spending and rising tensions in various parts of the world.
