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Horizon Technologies plans to take advantage of the Virgin Orbit mobile LauncherOne system’s unique ability to reach tailored orbits for at least five launches

Despite global challenges, 2021 has been a year of innovation and expansion within the world of defense and security technology. Here is our round-up of the 10 most read articles on Defense Advancement this year:

The Missile Defense Agency-approved System Requirements Review is the first major technical review for the Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies homeland defense interceptor program

L3Harris Technologies has now begun building the demonstration satellite for U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA)’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program

Airbus will offer new communication services - using the OneWeb constellation - to select European and U.K. armed forces, and civil protection & security forces

Following the successful completion of the final design review, L3Harris Technologies will continue with development and integration of four satellites for Tracking Layer Tranche 0 program

The CERES system from Airbus Defence and Space and Thales will improve situational awareness and provide in-depth information to support military operations for the French Armed Forces

The Army and ICEYE will explore low-cost, on-orbit, Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) related concepts, including imagery tasking and uplink, SAR satellite downlink and ground station(s), and image processing and dissemination

L3Harris Technologies will upgrade 16 Block 10.2 versions of Counter-Communications Systems, the Space Force’s only ground-based space control platform providing warfighters with modular open-standards for electronic warfare

Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor satellites will provide continuous tracking and handoff to enable the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to target enemy missiles launched from land, sea or air

Redwire and BigBear.ai will demonstrate the use of simulation, emulation and hardware in the loop to establish a realistic test environment in which to evaluate space-based cyber-physical systems for the SpaceCREST initiative