L3Harris Technologies selects Mercury to provide solid-state data recorders

Mercury Systems (MRCY) announced it was awarded a $31 million contract from L3Harris Technologies (LHX) to provide solid-state data recorders for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s, SDA, Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite constellation. L3Harris was selected in January to design and build 18 satellites that will provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage, with preliminary missile defense, under SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program. “We are extremely proud to provide the on-orbit data storage capabilities for this important national security mission,” said Tom Smelker, GM of Mercury’s Microsystems business unit. “The Mercury Processing Platform brings unique advantages to the space domain, with edge-ready products that turn data into decisions.”