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Lockheed Martin is using satellite buses from Terran Orbital for Space Development Agency work.
Moog eventually delivered the satellite buses and the Space Development Agency launched L3Harris’ satellites in February.
L3Harris Technologies was selected in January to design and build 18 satellites for SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.
Mercury Systems was awarded a $31,000,000 contract from L3Harris Technologies to provide solid-state data recorders for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite constellation.
SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer is intended to provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage with preliminary missile defense.
The Tranche 2 Tracking Layer is part of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a layered network of military satellites supporting multiple missions in low Earth orbit.
Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) was awarded a $31,000,000 contract by L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) to provide solid-state data recorders for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellite constellation.
L3Harris Technologies was selected in January to design and build 18 satellites for the SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer to provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage with preliminary missile defense.
The Space Development Agency awarded Rocket Lab a $515,000,000 contract to design and build 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites.
In February 2024 SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, deploying six U.S. missile defense satellites for the Space Development Agency and the Missile Defense Agency.
Rocket Lab has a $515,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency to design and build 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport (T2TL-Beta) satellites.
Four satellites that L3Harris built for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0 launched in February.
Norwegian platforms, aircraft, and ground units will be able to use Link 16 to communicate directly with the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellites that are in orbit.
In January, the U.S. Space Development Agency awarded contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space to produce 18 Tracking Layer Tranche 2 satellites apiece equipped with infrared sensors to track hypersonic missiles in flight.
The radio-frequency antenna in northern Norway provides geographic distribution to enable frequent contacts with the Space Development Agency’s constellation.
In December, the U.S. Space Development Agency contracted L3Harris to begin producing 16 Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
Norway is working with the Space Development Agency to conduct Link 16 tests in the summer.
Mercury Systems has a $31,000,000 contract dated 2024-04-10 to supply solid-state data recorders to L3Harris Technologies for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 2.
The Space Development Agency operates ground stations in Alaska, Pennsylvania, and other U.S. locations to provide communications for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Space Development Agency is working with Norway to test the communications network underpinning its constellation.