The following is the May 15, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for ...

L3Harris says its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, which it built for the Missile Defense Agency, is ready for production. (L3Harris) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An L3Harris ...

also involved the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) satellite. MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins highlighted the importance of defeating hypersonic missiles for national ...

also enabled the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor demonstration satellite to collect data for the Pinckney's simulated engagement with the target. According to the Pentagon ...

Meanwhile, the Missile Defense Agency plans to launch the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor mission into orbit later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This new sensor will have ...

NMSU’s project, “New Mexico Basic Research Center of Excellence for Hypersonic Sensor Development and Testing,” will bring significant exposure and leverage to the university’s hypersonics ...

Then, there will be a Tranche 2 constellation with more advanced sensor technologies. The primary payloads aboard Wednesday's launch were for the MDA. These two Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking ...

Credit: Stratolaunch/Domenic Moen COLORADO SPRINGS—Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has completed a series of sensor and software evaluations to verify the landing performance accuracy of ...

U.S. defense officials have stated that both existing terrestrial- and space-based sensor architectures are insufficient to detect and track hypersonic weapons; former Under Secretary of Defense ...