SDA eyes commercial capabilities, services for future ground segment operations
“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…
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Tranche 2
After delay, SDA soliciting bids for next batch of global communications satellites
The Gamma variant of the Tranche 2 transport layer will be equipped with the Warlock payload, offering fire control capabilities.
Space Development Agency picks 3 vendors to build next layer of missile tracking satellites
Six of the satellites in the Tranche 2 tracking layer will provide fire control-quality data to warfighters, an SDA official said.
Rocket Lab to build 18 satellites for SDA’s global satcom constellation
The company received a $515 million prototype agreement to build and operate 18 Beta variant satellites for SDA’s Tranche 2 transport layer.
SDA director blasts critics inside DOD bureaucracy who don’t like his ‘bad cop’ attitude
Derek Tournear wrote in a post published on LinkedIn on Thursday that he was recently told to no longer act as the “bad cop” for SDA or…
SDA seeks industry input on next batch of experimental communications satellites
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…
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SDA seeks bids for next tranche of satellites to provide global communications
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.