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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).
The Government Accountability Office estimated that the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 of 28 satellites will cost about $2,600,000,000.
BMC3 is the on-orbit data processing and computing system for the Transport Layer of communications satellites that the Space Development Agency plans to deploy over the next several years.
The four SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer launches will use SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the Western range into polar orbit and correspond to the second through fifth launches planned for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.
SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to the full range of warfighter platforms.
The Ka-Band steerable antennas and control electronics for the SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer will be designed, built, assembled, and tested at MDA's high-volume satellite production facility in Montreal.
United Launch Alliance was awarded six NSSL missions: NROL-64, NROL-83, GPS III-08, SDA T1TR-B, SDA T1TR-D, and USSF-114.
SpaceX launched a mission in April for the Space Development Agency that was purchased as a commercial launch contract rather than under NSSL Phase 2.
The Space Development Agency is building a large constellation of communications and missile-tracking sensor satellites that will be launched in batches.
The Space Development Agency requires the contractor to establish software development capabilities to securely and rapidly field mission applications developed by BMC3 ecosystem participants in support of Joint All Domain Command and Control objectives.
The Government Accountability Office estimated that the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 with 138 satellites will cost about $3,300,000,000.
The Space Development Agency awarded a $64,000,000 contract to Science Applications International Corp. to develop a software applications factory for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation.
The contract dated 2023-06-08 is for the Space Development Agency’s BMC3 application factory, short for Battle Management Command, Control and Communications.
SpaceX was assigned five Space Development Agency launches to low Earth orbit and the U.S. Space Force classified mission USSF-31.
MDA will design and build 14 flight sets of Ka-Band steerable antennas and control electronics for L3Harris for the SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer low Earth orbit constellation.
There are four SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer launches assigned in this set of missions.
The U.S. Space Force is ordering three SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer launches.
The Space Development Agency is procuring a mesh network of satellites called the Transport Layer to move data to users around the world.
MDA was awarded a contract from L3Harris Technologies as part of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program.