JAKARTA - US defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp announced Monday July 18 that it has won a contract to build and deploy a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites for 14 satellites from the US Space Development Agency.
The satellite is part of the agency's plans to establish the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer to detect, identify and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced missiles from the initial stages of launch to interception.
The agency said the Northrop contract had a potential value of around $617 million (IDR 9.2 trillion).
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The space agency also awarded a similar contract to L3Harris Technologies Inc (LHX.N), with a potential value of around 700 million US dollars (IDR 10.4 trillion). Satellite launches are expected to begin in April 2025.
These satellites will make the US defense more sophisticated and strong even to face attacks from space though.
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