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Northrop Grumman won a contract in 2022 to provide some satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1.
Northrop Grumman is taking a more cautious approach to firm fixed-price contracts, including declining to bid if a customer chose fixed price or offering prices it considered fair and reasonable, as exemplified by its response to SDA Tranche 2.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) was awarded a contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate Optical Communication Terminals (OCTs) in low Earth orbit (LEO).
The Space Development Agency awarded a prototype agreement to L3Harris Technologies last year to provide initial missile warning and missile tracking warfighting capability for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
GA-EMS is designing and building two OCTs to provide robust space-to-space communication in degraded environments and to meet SDA standards and requirements.
GA-EMS will demonstrate OCT capabilities hosted on its GA-75 (75 kg class) spacecraft while in LEO under the SDA contract.
SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program will provide near-global missile warning and tracking coverage.
SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer follows Tranche 0 with targeted technology enhancements, expanded coverage, increased integration, and greater production efficiencies to begin building out an operational space-based constellation and inform future PWSA capabilities.
L3Harris Technologies received a contract with a potential value of up to $919,000,000 to design and build 18 infrared space vehicles for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program.
L3Harris is building a 16-vehicle satellite constellation for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
The first stage booster on the 2024-01-23 mission had previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and multiple prior Starlink missions.
Prior to winning the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer contract, L3Harris designed, developed, and built four satellites in less than three years for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Tracking Layer program.
The Space Development Agency awarded a prototype agreement to L3Harris Technologies last year to provide initial missile warning and missile tracking warfighting capability for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Space Development Agency expects to procure approximately 20 T2TL Gamma space vehicles with a payload specifically designed to close future kill chains via the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Space Development Agency sought industry feedback for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma (T2TL Gamma) draft solicitation.
The SDA industry engagement will occur on Wednesday, 2024-02-07, and Thursday, 2024-02-08, starting at 9:00 a.m. ET at the SDA Tech Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
The Space Development Agency awarded a prototype agreement to L3Harris Technologies in 2023 to provide initial missile warning and missile tracking warfighting capability for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Mynaric was selected by Raytheon for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
The Space Development Agency awarded Sierra Space a prime contract valued at $740,000,000 through Other Transaction Authority for 18 missile warning and tracking satellites.
The Space Development Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build 18 space vehicles for the Tranche 2 Tracking Layer constellation.