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The Space Development Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $700,000,000 contract for Transport Layer Tranche 1.
The Space Development Agency awarded three prototype agreements worth approximately $1,800,000,000 to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
SDA initially sought Tranche 1 bids under FAR contracting but reissued the solicitation under OTAs after a protest by Maxar Technologies in October.
SDA plans to launch Tranche 1 starting in September 2024.
SDA ordered 20 Tranche 0 satellites in 2020, split as 10 each from Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems.
The Space Development Agency awarded York Space Systems a $382,000,000 contract for Transport Layer Tranche 1.
The Defense Department’s Space Development Agency awarded nearly $1,800,000,000 in contracts on 2022-02-28 to produce 126 satellites for a global low Earth orbit communications network.
SDA’s Transport Layer is a proliferated constellation designed to have enough satellites that it would be extremely costly for an adversary to try to take it down.
The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to apply commercial small-satellite innovations to military systems.
SDA was established in 2019 to leverage commercial small-satellite innovations for military systems.
The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $692,000,000 contract for Transport Layer Tranche 1.
The Space Development Agency ordered 20 Tranche 0 satellites in 2020, with 10 each from Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems scheduled to launch later 2022.
SDA awarded $700,000,000 to Lockheed Martin, $692,000,000 to Northrop Grumman, and $382,000,000 to York Space Systems for the Transport Layer Tranche 1.
SDA plans to begin launching Tranche 1 satellites in September 2024.
SDA’s 20 Tranche 0 satellites are scheduled to launch later 2022.
Voyager Space Inc. and Space Micro, Inc., powered by Voyager, received a 24-month development contract from the Space Development Agency for advanced one-to-many optical communications using Managed Optical Communication Array (MOCA) technology to support Low Earth Orbit constellations.
Voyager Space Inc. supports the Space Development Agency’s efforts to engage commercial space companies to expand the United States’ capabilities and resiliency in space.
Tyvak is Lockheed Martin’s partner for the contract Lockheed Martin won in 2020 to build 10 satellites for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency.
Lockheed Martin and York Space Systems won Space Development Agency contracts in 2020 to produce 10 satellites apiece for SDA’s Transport Layer Tranche 0.
The Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency is seeking ways to rapidly acquire Earth observation data.