The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded three prototype agreements to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space earlier to build 54 satellites that will help create the technological foundation of SDA’s Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer, which focuses on tracking and warning of possible missile threats. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) – an arm of the U.S. Space Force – has added Rocket Lab National Security as the third contractor for the Beta version of its Tranche 2 transport layer, which is focused on developing a constellation of satellite communications for warfighters around the globe. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts to build and operate satellites that will be part of the agency’s second tranche of data transport spacecraft intended to provide warfighters with persistent global communications capabilities. […]

In the coming months, the Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to begin the demonstration phase of a novel approach to transmitting data to support military operations. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) released its final request for proposals for procurement of 100 satellites that the agency will use to expand its military constellation system. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $64 million contract to develop, implement, and sustain a software application factory for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking an industry partner to develop, implement, and sustain a Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) application factory, according to a solicitation released on Feb. 14. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded a trio of contractors a total of $1.8 billion of contracts to build a mesh network of interconnected space satellites that will form the basis of a high-volume data communications system expected to make up the “backbone” of its Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) network, SDA said in a release. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is pioneering a slew of next-generation satellites and sensors to deliver critical data to military command centers from space, and to track and target missile threats and other time-sensitive targets, officials from the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said at the Defense One Tech Summit on June 22. […]