Aviation Today

Companies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer

The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and ...
GovCon Wire

SDA Seeks Info on Space Payloads for Transport Layer Tranche 2 Demo, Experimentation System

The Space Development Agency is asking industry for information on space payloads for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s transport layer. SDA expects the Transport ...
Aviation Week

SDA Working To Avoid ‘Vendor Lock’ In Tracking, Transport Layer Awards

The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to ensure that all bidders will have an equal shot at awards under the upcoming Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TL) decision, though another recent SDA award has ...
Aviation Week

SDA Looks To Break Tranche 2 Transport Layer Into Three Variants

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to break up the Tranche 2 Transport Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), aiming to send 216 space vehicles in three variants to ...
GovCon Wire

Lockheed, Northrop Secure $1.5B in SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta Prototype Agreements; Derek Tournear Quoted

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received $1.5 billion in prototype agreements from the Space Development Agency to develop and operate 72 Beta satellites for the ...
SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin proposes multi-layer space network for missile defense

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon could get far more bang for its missile-defense buck if all the sensor satellites located in different orbits could talk to each other and share data via optical links, ...