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U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)

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Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has a contract from Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB) to provide antennas and RF hardware for the Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta variant satellites.

Mentioned as: the space development agencyOrg RelationshipMay 8, 2024Redwire selected by Rocket Lab to provide antennas for the SDA’s TLT2 satellite constellation

Redwire has delivered 48 Link-16 antennas to date for SDA Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 8, 2024Redwire selected by Rocket Lab to provide antennas for the SDA’s TLT2 satellite constellation

CesiumAstro was selected by Rocket Lab to provide its Vireo active electronically scanned array radio frequency communications payload for integration on 18 space vehicles supporting the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 7, 2024CesiumAstro Selected by Rocket Lab to Provide Multi-Beam Ka-Band Communications Payloads for its Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Transport Layer Constellation

The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is a layered low-Earth orbit satellite constellation designed to deliver secure, low-latency communications and missile tracking capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralMay 7, 2024CesiumAstro Selected by Rocket Lab to Provide Multi-Beam Ka-Band Communications Payloads for its Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Transport Layer Constellation

Rocket Lab is the prime contractor on a $515,000,000 firm-fixed-price agreement to lead the design, development, production, test, and operations of 18 satellites for SDA’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL - Beta).

Mentioned as: sdaTechnical ProductMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development

Redwire was selected to provide RF hardware and antennas for SDA Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 6, 2024Redwire Selected by Rocket Lab to Provide Antennas for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Satellite Constellation

The satellite buses for the Space Development Agency will be a derivative of the satellite buses Rocket Lab is developing for Globalstar.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

Rocket Lab is manufacturing 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency under a $515,000,000 contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) completed selection of subcontractors to provide payloads and ground systems for the 18 satellites the company is developing for the Space Development Agency (SDA).

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development

Mynaric will supply the optical communications terminals for Rocket Lab’s Space Development Agency satellites.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

Parsons will supply the ground system for managing operations of the 18 Space Development Agency satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative PlanMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

Parsons Corporation will supply NEBULA Operations – Vendor Architecture (NOVA) as Rocket Lab’s ground system to manage operations for its 18 SDA satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative PlanMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development

The Space Development Agency is an organization under the U.S. Space Force procuring the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture mesh network.

Mentioned as: Space Development AgencyTechnical ProductMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been contracted by Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKLB) to provide antennas and RF hardware for Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta variant satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 6, 2024Redwire Selected by Rocket Lab to Provide Antennas for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Satellite Constellation

The 18 satellites for the Space Development Agency will be part of Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta, projected to launch in mid-2027.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 6, 2024Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project

SDA’s PWSA Transport Layer will consist of a constellation of 300 to more than 500 low-Earth orbit satellites flying at altitudes ranging from 750 to 1200 km.

Mentioned as: SDATechnical ProductMay 6, 2024Redwire Selected by Rocket Lab to Provide Antennas for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Satellite Constellation

Government-supported standardization efforts, such as the SDA program, aim to reduce costs and enable broader adoption of laser communications technology.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Narrative GeneralMay 2, 2024Novaspace report: Standardization is key for optical comms tech democratization

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 2, 2024Millennium Space Systems selects L3Harris to build the SDA’s electro-optical infrared payloads

L3Harris secured a contract on 2024-05-02 to supply critical sensor technology to Millennium Space Systems for a constellation of eight satellites to be produced for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 2, 2024L3Harris scores payload contract for Millennium’s Foo Fighter missile tracking satellites

The Space Development Agency awarded Boeing’s subsidiary Millennium Space a $414,000,000 contract on 2024-04-30 to build eight satellites equipped with advanced infrared and optical sensors.

Mentioned as: U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA)Org RelationshipMay 2, 2024L3Harris scores payload contract for Millennium’s Foo Fighter missile tracking satellites
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