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Space Development Agency satellites for Transport Layer Tranche 0 are vendor-neutral and must interoperate regardless of who builds them.
The Space Development Agency requested firm fixed price bids for Transport Layer Tranche 0.
The Space Development Agency awarded the first major contracts for a Transport Layer Tranche 0 constellation of communications satellites on 2020-08-31.
The Space Development Agency was stood up in 2019 as a separate agency with a mandate to build space systems for the military faster than traditional Pentagon procurements.
The Space Development Agency plans to buy and deploy hundreds of satellites over the next several years.
The Space Development Agency seeks to create a stable market that will allow companies to bid for new contracts every two years.
The Space Development Agency's acquisition approach focuses on delivering capabilities prioritized by warfighters rather than on delivering perfect technology solutions.
The Space Development Agency is developing a network of satellites in low Earth orbit to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities for military forces in the field.
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin pushed to delay the transfer of the Space Development Agency until it completed its first constellation of low-orbiting satellites planned for 2022.
Congress directed the Department of Defense to transfer the Space Development Agency to the Space Force by October 2022.
The Space Development Agency was established by the Department of Defense in March 2019 under the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
The Space Development Agency plans to build and launch hundreds of satellites to provide high-speed communications and missile detection capabilities for the U.S. military.
The Space Development Agency funding reduction includes a $7,000,000 cut from studies and a $5,000,000 reduction attributed to unjustified growth.
The chairman’s mark cuts funding for the Space Development Agency by $12,000,000 in the 2021 NDAA draft.
The chairman’s mark reduces 2021 operations funding for the Space Development Agency from $48,100,000 to $36,100,000.
The Department of Defense has tasked the Space Development Agency with providing a transport layer of satellites in low Earth orbit to serve as the future communications backbone for the military’s command-and-control networks.
Mike Griffin pushed to delay the transfer of the Space Development Agency on the grounds that the agency needs time to deploy its first constellation of satellites before a major reorganization.
Congress directed the Department of Defense to move the Space Development Agency to the U.S. Space Force by 2022.
The Space and Missile Systems Center plans to work closely with the Space Development Agency on the space transport layer and space tracking layer and to support the SDA’s ground segment and launch needs.
The Senate version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Space Development Agency to be transferred from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the Space Force by 2022-10-01, or earlier.