GovCon Wire

SDA Awards $1.8B in Tranche 1 Transport Layer Prototype Agreements to 3 Vendors; Derek Tournear Quoted

The Space Development Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and York Space Systems prototype agreements valued at approximately $1.8 billion combined to build ...
Aviation Week

SDA Looks To Break Tranche 2 Transport Layer Into Three Variants

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to break up the Tranche 2 Transport Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), aiming to send 216 space vehicles in three variants to ...
Aviation Week

SDA Working To Avoid ‘Vendor Lock’ In Tracking, Transport Layer Awards

The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to ensure that all bidders will have an equal shot at awards under the upcoming Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TL) decision, though another recent SDA award has ...
Aviation Today

Companies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer

The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and ...
SpaceNews

Northrop Grumman Selected to Build Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and build 36 data transport satellites, the first space vehicles in the latest generation of ...