York Space Systems has secured a potential $615 million contract from the Space Development Agency to build 62 Alpha satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architectureâs transport layer, Breaking Defense reported Friday. SDA Director Derek Tournear said the PWSA Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha satellites in low Ear...
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 second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architectureâs transport layer. SDA said Monday the PWSA Tranche 1 Transport Layer Beta prototype sat...
As competition ramps up in space, the evolving domain has taken center stage among U.S. Department of Defense priorities. Ensuring dominance in this novel warfighting environment requires a number of new capabilities, but to keep pace with adversaries, they must be developed and deployed more quickly than ever before. Tasked with developing, fi...
On July 18, Executive Mosaic’s Potomac Officers Club will host a summit for GovCon executives and government leaders to discuss how the Department of the Air Force is applying modern technology to support the national security mission, especially in light of renewed near-peer competition. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a 2023 Wash100 Awa...
In a government contracting ecosystem often defined by bureaucratic processes and long timelines, the Space Development Agency has built a refreshing reputation of speed, agility and innovation. As the race for space superiority intensifies, more and more GovCon companies and federal agencies are noticing SDAâs success and looking to adopt the age...
Emerging trends and developments across the global defense landscape have catalyzed a shift within the United States toward new strategies, new technologies and refocused priorities. With factors such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the commercialization of space and the looming peer and near-peer threat, U.S. defense leaders are rethinking what the...
Denver-based York Space Systems has won a $200 million other transaction prototype agreement from the Space Development Agency to develop 12 satellites and supporting capabilities for the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System. The company will conduct experimentation and demonstrate Integrated Broadcast Service and tactical satellite co...
The Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) prototype agreements worth $1.3 billion combined to build and deploy 28 satellites for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architectureâs tracking layer. The Tranche 1 Tracking Layer is expected to launch beginning in April 2025 ...
U.S. space agencies are prioritizing âintegration by designâ with mission partners, industry, academia and allied forces to tackle threats and deter adversaries in the largest and most highly contested domain today. Gen. James Dickinson, commander of the U.S. Space Command said the âpartnered elementâ of the commandâs approach to mission o...
Space-based missile tracking has become a top priority for U.S. space agencies as global adversariesâ use of hypersonic and long-range missiles continues to skyrocket, posing a significant threat to national security. Countries like China, North Korea and others have been building and testing an increasing amount of intercontinental ballistic miss...
