COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An L3Harris executive said Wednesday the company’s newest missile-tracking sensor is ready for full-rate production as the Pentagon weighs architecture options for a next-generation “Golden Dome” missile defense capability.Developed for the Missile Defense Agency’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program, HBTSS, the L3Harris satellite has been on orbit since February 2024. According to MDA, the spacecraft is providing important test data and imagery of hypersonic test events.Speaking with reporters April 9 at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Ed Zoiss, president of space and airborne systems at L3Harris, said the company is ready to start producing the HBTSS sensor in high volumes.“The sensor has proven itself out, and we need to start full-rate生产。”他说。 “我们已经准备好现在就可以做到。”在第二学期仅一周后签署的行政命令中,唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统指示五角大楼开始制定一项金色圆顶导弹防御能力的计划,由高级传感器和拦截器组成,旨在跟踪传统和高端导弹威胁,在响应中,旨在追求传统和高端导弹威胁。他们还向国防工业取得了想法。Zoiss表示,L3HARRIS提议提议增加HBTSS的生产,这是其对国防部呼吁投入的反应的一部分。“我们提出了一种为HBTSS推荐的建筑,以及如何看到它具有全球报道,”他说。 “我们正在等待查看什么回来。”该机构在周三的通知中说:它正在进行一项研究,研究如何作为Iron Dome Order的一部分扩展其建筑。HBTSS生产的增加将是DOD官员在太空导弹防御中的作用的转变,至少是公开公开的。 MDA启动了合伙企业的能力