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L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies develops space hardware, including optical telescopes for NASA’s contribution to the LISA gravitational-wave observatory.
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- Gravitational wave astronomy
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L3Harris Technologies is a United States aerospace and defence company headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. NASA identifies it as the contractor developing optical telescopes for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission.
NASA’s October 8, 2026 announcement assigns L3Harris the design, assembly and integration of an all-glass Engineering Test Unit. This is a pre-flight development unit, rather than a telescope already operating in space.
Milestones
- 08 October 2026
NASA announced L3Harris would design, assemble and integrate an all-glass Engineering Test Unit for LISA on October 8, 2026.[1][2]
Sources
NASANASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescopescience.nasa.gov
L3Harris TechnologiesNASA Awards L3Harris Contract to Build All Glass Telescope for LISA Mission (press release)l3harris.com
U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionL3Harris Technologies merger Form 8-Ksec.gov
L3Harris TechnologiesL3Harris in Floridacareers.l3harris.com
Coverage of L3Harris Technologies
Gravitational-wave astronomy
NASA assigns L3Harris an all-glass LISA test telescope
The engineering unit precedes flight hardware for the gravitational-wave observatory; NASA has not announced its delivery date.
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