Earlier this year, the Defense Department turned to a relative newcomer in the missile defense business to prototype novel technologies the U.S. military is counting on to counter Chinese and Russian hypersonic threats, awarding L3Harris one of two competitive contracts for a Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor. L3Harris' Spectral Solutions division in Fort Wayne, IN, is parlaying decades of experience in developing tools to monitor the weather to tackle one of the Pentagon's most vexing technical challenges: how to...
