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The Space Development Agency (SDA) is acquiring a proliferated mesh network in low Earth orbit using commercially produced small satellites to track enemy missiles and relay data to commanders.
Industry consultant Mike Tierney estimated the Space Development Agency received about $750,000,000 above its budget requests in 2022 and 2023 to accelerate missile-tracking satellite deployment.
The Space Force budget increased to $26,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 due to internal funds transfers from the Space Development Agency and the Air Force plus a congressional add-on.
The $2,600,000,000 request for launch services includes funding for five launches for the Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation.
Raytheon Technologies received an award valued at more than $250,000,000 to design, develop, and deliver a seven-vehicle missile tracking satellite constellation and to support launch and ground operations for the Space Development Agency.
The Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit data relay constellation receives $2,100,000,000 in the 2024 budget request, more than double its 2023 funding.
The Space Development Agency is using optical systems because they provide much higher transmission data rates than traditional radio-frequency links and are harder to intercept.
Satellites built by U.S. primes for the Semper Citius Space Development Agency constellation will be equipped with Tesat Scalable Optical Terminals (SCOT80).
The Space Development Agency is building a mesh network of satellites in low Earth orbit to serve as a data transport layer for the U.S. military.
The Space Development Agency is procuring satellites from multiple manufacturers and requires all procured satellites to be interoperable.
WORK Microwave will implement the SDA standard as part of delivering the turn-key Digital Optical Ground station.
The Space Development Agency awarded three prototype agreements worth approximately $1,800,000,000 to establish the foundation for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital is developing 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Terran Orbital delivered ten spacecraft to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency Transport Layer foundational Tranche 0.
The Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer is intended to provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and connectivity worldwide to warfighter platforms.
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) received an award valued at more than $250,000,000 to design, develop, and deliver a seven-vehicle missile tracking satellite constellation for the Space Development Agency.
CesiumAstro will continue developing a Link 16–compatible AESA ahead of the Space Development Agency’s migration to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture global satellite network.
Innoflight has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation as a strategic avionics supplier for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.
CesiumAstro will continue developing a Link 16–compatible L-band AESA ahead of the Space Development Agency’s migration to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture global satellite network.
Terran Orbital is developing 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 1.