Overview
- The Space Force operationally accepted Meadowlands on June 8, and the service says the system will be presented to combatant commanders as a new non-kinetic tool for space operations.
- Meadowlands, developed by L3Harris and described as a trailer-mounted antenna, is designed to detect, deny, disrupt and degrade adversary satellite communications by sending targeted electromagnetic signals rather than physically striking spacecraft.
- Guardians from Mission Delta 3 — the Space Electromagnetic Warfare unit — have been assigned to operate the system and will integrate it into training and joint-force missions.
- Media reports say the Space Force has sought about $460 million in FY2027 funding for Meadowlands and related training, but those budget figures are reported with limited sourcing and are not fully documented in the public stories.
- The system builds on prior uses of electromagnetic operations, including the Space Force’s description of creating ‘silence zones’ in past joint missions, and raises operational and legal questions about escalation, rules for using spectrum effects, and how forces will train to employ reversible, non-kinetic tools.