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Lockheed Martin is one of the prime contractors selected to build the Space Development Agency’s transport layer.
SDA’s LEO transport layer does not provide data transport capabilities for assets operating in medium Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit.
The Space Development Agency stated that two more launches needed to be funded in 2023 to accelerate deployment of the missile-tracking constellation.
The Space Development Agency is developing the Transport Layer as a global network of broadband satellites in low Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency planned a $2,500,000,000 missile-tracking constellation that was initially planned to begin launching in 2026 and was being accelerated to 2025.
The Space Development Agency anticipated receiving six to 10 bids for the Tracking Layer Tranche 1 contract.
The U.S. Space Force requested an additional $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 to launch satellites for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking constellation.
The Space Development Agency expects to award contracts in June 2023 so satellites can be ready for launch in 2025.
After Congress passed the 2022 budget, the Space Development Agency issued a request for industry bids for at least 28 satellites labeled Tracking Layer Tranche 1 with proposals due 2023-04-20.
The Space Development Agency anticipates selecting two vendors to provide 14 or more satellites each for Tracking Layer Tranche 1.
Warpspace opened a branch in Washington, D.C., to build relationships with the U.S. government and engage with the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer work.
The Space Development Agency is building a Transport Layer constellation of hundreds of data-relay satellites to support military communications.
The Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer will provide connectivity directly to warfighters and enable sending targeting data down to interceptors.
The Space Development Agency is developing a network to pass hypersonic glide vehicle targeting data and other targeting data around the world via its Transport Layer and existing tactical data links.
Funding added to SDA’s 2022 budget enables launch of the Tranche One Tracking Layer starting in May of 2025.
Congress added $550,000,000 to the Space Development Agency’s 2022 budget to accelerate the missile detection tracking layer.
The Missile Defense Agency has a technology demonstration scheduled for March 2023 that SDA is tracking to improve missile-tracking accuracy.
The Space Development Agency is developing a missile Tracking Layer intended to detect and track hypersonic weapons.
The Space Development Agency selected York Space Systems in August 2020 to provide 10 satellites for Tranche 0.
The 2023 budget request includes funds for resilient missile warning and tracking capabilities and, with the Space Development Agency, for the first instantiation of a communications architecture to support the joint force in conflict.