The systems will be equipped with fire control-quality sensors to address advanced missile threats such as hypersonic weapons.

“SDA does not want to build a proliferated ground segment to support a proliferated space segment. I think that’s where one of the best opportunities to tap…

The Gamma variant of the Tranche 2 transport layer will be equipped with the Warlock payload, offering fire control capabilities.

The organizations aim to demonstrate capabilities on orbit that could be used to detect and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced threats.

The company received a $515 million prototype agreement to build and operate 18 Beta variant satellites for SDA’s Tranche 2 transport layer.

The contractor will expand and sustain the ground infrastructure needed to operate the agency’s second iteration of satellites, known as Tranche 2.

L3Harris will join Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, and Raytheon Technologies, in developing sensor payloads for the Space Force.

The agency wants information on different capabilities — from translator satellites for commercial constellations to space-based anti-jamming technology — that could be integrated onto the Transport Layer…

The Space Development Agency is seeking industry bids for the Beta variant of its Tranche 2 transport layer consisting of 72 satellites and related ground support systems.

After multiple postponements, SpaceX successfully launched 10 of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellites on Sunday.