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L3Harris Strengthens U.S. Space Force’s Non-Kinetic Arsenal with Meadowlands Satellite Jammer.
L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first production Meadowlands Counter Communications System to the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Delta 3. The move formally transitions the satellite jammer from testing into operational service, strengthening U.S. ability to disrupt adversary space communications without kinetic attacks.
On December 11, 2025, L3Harris Technologies announced that it had delivered the first Meadowlands Counter Communications System production unit to the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Delta 3, the command responsible for space electromagnetic warfare operations. This delivery marks the passage of Meadowlands from a test and evaluation asset to an operationally fielded capability within the Space Force’s order of battle, dedicated to disrupting adversary satellite communications from the ground. In a strategic environment where China and Russia are rapidly expanding their own counterspace portfolios, the move illustrates Washington’s determination to develop non-kinetic tools that can influence events in orbit without resorting to destructive anti-satellite strikes.
The delivery of the first operational Meadowlands satellite jammer marks a key step in strengthening the U.S. Space Force’s ability to conduct non-kinetic space warfare by disrupting adversary satellite communications from the ground (Picture Source: L3Harris Technologies)
Meadowlands is the latest evolution of the Counter Communications System, the ground-based electronic warfare platform that allows U.S. forces to interfere with satellite communication links during a conflict. According to L3Harris, the new configuration is a compact, mobile variant of CCS that relies on trailer-mounted radiofrequency units to impose controlled interference on targeted satellite channels while being easy to reposition in order to complicate enemy countermeasures. As a ground-based jammer, it is designed to create reversible effects: operators can temporarily deny an adversary’s satellite communications in a specific area or on selected links and then terminate emissions once the mission is complete, allowing services to resume.
This approach is consistent with the broader CCS concept described by the Space Force, which emphasizes the ability to disrupt hostile satellite communications during a contingency while limiting long-term damage to on-orbit assets. Meadowlands retains this logic but packages it in a more deployable, modular architecture that can be updated through software to keep pace with evolving satellite constellations and signal formats.
The assignment of the first production unit to Mission Delta 3 situates Meadowlands at the core of the Space Force’s space electromagnetic warfare posture. Mission Delta 3, headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, is tasked with presenting combat-ready electromagnetic warfare forces to integrate and execute fires in support of U.S., allied and coalition operations.Its structure, which combines a dedicated combat training squadron with multiple operational electromagnetic warfare squadrons, provides an existing framework into which Meadowlands can be absorbed as an offensive space control asset. In practice, the system offers commanders an option to degrade adversary satellite-enabled command-and-control, intelligence dissemination or precision navigation and timing without crossing the threshold of kinetic anti-satellite use.
CCS and Meadowlands are understood to play a distinct role within the Space Force’s ground-based space control capabilities, contributing to its range of non-kinetic options without being publicly detailed. By bringing the first serial unit directly into an operational delta rather than keeping it confined to test units, the Space Force is signaling that satellite-link denial is to be treated as a routine element of joint planning and not as an experimental niche capability.
The delivery highlights an unusually rapid acquisition timeline for a system of this complexity. After L3Harris provided the first development units to the Space Force in early 2025 for testing, fielding approval was granted on May 2, 2025, allowing training and deployment preparations to begin. With Meadowlands now entering service roughly six months later, the pace stands out against earlier space programs and reflects growing pressure from China and Russia’s investments in counterspace capabilities. Building on the earlier CCS Block 10.2, which reached initial operational capability in 2020, Meadowlands fits into a broader effort to expand and mature the Space Force’s non-kinetic space control options.
Beyond the immediate operational gain, Meadowlands carries clear industrial and alliance implications. The Space Force and L3Harris describe CCS as a deployable ground-based system that uniquely provides the service with an offensive space electronic warfare capability, and this uniqueness helps explain why the system has become a reference point in discussions on non-kinetic space control. Recent statements by U.S. officials and industry indicate that the Meadowlands variant, formally designated as Counter Communications System Block 10.2, has now been cleared for potential foreign military sales to selected partners, with a dedicated export track to expand offensive space programs through allied acquisitions.
If allied governments choose to procure this capability, they will no longer rely solely on U.S. assets for offensive space control, but will instead contribute their own ground-based jamming capacity to coalition operations. That development could complicate adversary targeting decisions by dispersing jamming sites across multiple territories, while also raising sensitive questions of governance, rules of engagement and escalation control when several nations hold the ability to interfere with each other’s satellite communications.
The delivery of the first Meadowlands production unit to Mission Delta 3 marks a step in the institutionalization of non-kinetic space operations within the U.S. defense posture, with potential implications for allies. The system provides commanders with a mobile and software-upgradeable means to generate reversible effects against satellite communications, bridging cyber activities and kinetic counterspace options. By accelerating development, embedding the system within an operational electromagnetic warfare unit and keeping export pathways open, the United States is signaling that control of the space-based information layer has become a core element of deterrence and crisis management. How Meadowlands is employed and discussed in future exercises and operations will influence whether space remains primarily a support domain or evolves further into a contested operational environment.