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The Space Development Agency is a procurement organization under the Space Force that is executing a multibillion-dollar plan to field a mesh network of low Earth orbit satellites for missile warning and data transport.
The Space Development Agency launched its first batch of 10 satellites in April and planned to launch its next 13 spacecraft in late July.
The Space Development Agency posted a solicitation on 2023-06-28 seeking industry proposals for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) space vehicles.
The SDA call for proposals solicits full, concise proposals to perform engineering studies, analyses, and technical trades of a Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Adaptable Processor (BAP) with different configurations providing specialized space-based high-performance computing capabilities for Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) missions.
The Space Development Agency is building a layered network of military satellites that includes a Transport Layer to serve as a tactical network to move data to users around the world.
The Space Development Agency released a final request for proposals for a procurement of 100 satellites on 2023-06-28.
The Space Development Agency has already acquired satellites for Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 of both the Transport Layer and the Tracking Layer.
Transport Layer Tranche 2 will be the Space Development Agency’s largest procurement to date.
Transport Layer Tranche 2 also includes 72 Beta satellites for which the Space Development Agency previously requested bids.
Mynaric was selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
Mynaric has been selected by Raytheon Technologies to supply optical communications terminals for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.
Mynaric’s CONDOR terminals were previously selected by Northrop Grumman for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.
Lockheed Martin contracted Terran Orbital to build 42 satellites supporting the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Raytheon Technologies is building the seven missile-tracking satellites under a $250,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency.
SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer includes 14 satellites made by Northrop Grumman and 14 satellites made by L3Harris Technologies.
The seven Raytheon-made satellites are part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer, a network of 35 satellites.
The Space Development Agency received initial images on 2023-06-14 from its first missile-warning satellites that launched 2023-04-02 to low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency plans to build a proliferated low Earth orbit network of data-transport satellites and a constellation of infrared sensor satellites to provide a defense shield against Russian and Chinese ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
The AESA terminal will connect drones to the future military constellation operated by the Space Force's Space Development Agency, known as the Transport Layer LEO communications network.
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was selected by the Space Development Agency for a $64,000,000 award to develop, implement, and maintain the Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Application Factory for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).