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• Space Development Agency opens door to new vendors with ‘HALO’ satellite program SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2024 The Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO program ‘will provide opportunities for companies to gain valuable experience working with SDA on demonstration projects’
• Space Development Agency to procure dedicated ground system for missile defense experiments SpaceNews · 25 May 2024 The agency wants to deploy a "common, enduring ground infrastructure" for space-based missile detection and targeting experiments
• Terran Orbital takes charge after switching propulsion suppliers on satellite program SpaceNews · 15 May 2024 Terran Orbital took a $13 million charge in its first quarter that the company blamed on problems with a supplier to deliver propulsion systems for a Space Development Agency program.
• Rocket Lab announces supplier agreements for military satellite project SpaceNews · 7 May 2024 The company revealed payload and ground systems subcontractors for its Space Development Agency satellite contract
• L3Harris scores payload contract for Millennium’s Foo Fighter missile tracking satellites SpaceNews · 2 May 2024 Millennium Space won a $414 million contract from the Space Development Agency to build eight satellites equipped with advanced infrared and optical sensors
• Millennium Space lands $414 million contract to build missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 30 Apr 2024 The contract from the Space Development Agency is for the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program
• SDA tests communications network with Norway SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2024 COLORADO SPRINGS – The Space Development Agency is working closely with Norway to test the communications network underpinning its constellation. SDA is installing a radio-frequency antenna in northern Norway and
• L3Harris taps Mercury Systems to supply solid-state data recorders for missile-warning satellites SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2024 Mercury announced a $31 million contract to supply solid-state data recorders to L3Harris Technologies for U.S. Space Development Agency missile-warning satellites.
• Raytheon’s satellite contract with Space Development Agency being ‘reevaluated’ SpaceNews · 19 Mar 2024 SDA’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 program will not include seven Raytheon-made satellites as originally planned
• Webinar Replay: SDA Director Derek Tournear SpaceNews · 18 Mar 2024 On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 an exclusive online event was held with Derek Tournear, Director of the Space Development Agency (SDA). In just half a decade, the SDA has been
• Space Development Agency marks five-year milestone The National · 13 Mar 2024 Once on the chopping block, SDA now has a $4.2 billion budget to build a satellite network of hundreds of satellites
• Redwire opens new facility in Virginia to support national security programs SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2024 The company is setting up shop in Chantilly, home to agencies like the National Reconnaissance Office, the Space Force's Commercial Space Office and the Space Development Agency
• AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space SpaceNews · 18 Feb 2024 EpiSci won a $1.6 million SBIR contract from the Space Development Agency
• SpaceX launches U.S. missile-defense satellites SpaceNews · 14 Feb 2024 The USSF-124 mission carried six small satellites: two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency.
• Space Development Agency awards contracts worth $2.5 billion for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2024 The Space Development Agency announced Jan. 16 it selected L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space to build and operate 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors.
• SDA to acquire satellites with custom payloads to enable faster targeting on battlefields SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2024 The Space Development Agency is gearing up for its next procurement of satellites for a military communications network known as the Transport Layer Tranche 2.
• Space Development Agency confirms Rocket Lab will produce 18 satellites for U.S. military network SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2024 The Space Development Agency confirmed on Jan. 8 that it awarded Rocket Lab a $515 million contract to build and operate 18 spacecraft that will be part of a low Earth orbit network of military satellites.
• NASA and SDA optical campaigns could share terminals SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2024 NASA will determine whether the commercial terminals the Space Development Agency is adopting for satellite-to-satellite communications can also transmit data to Earth.
• L3Harris gets green light to produce 16 space-based hypersonic missile trackers SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2023 Defense contractor L3Harris announced Dec. 20 it has received approval from the Space Development Agency to move into production on 16 satellites designed to detect and monitor hypersonic missiles aimed at the U.S. or it...
• Space Development Agency aims high for 2024 after strong 2023 start SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2023 The Space Development Agency has set its sights on an ambitious launch schedule for 2024 following two successful launches this year.
• Space Development Agency satellites in low Earth orbit successfully broadcast data SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2023 The Space Development Agency for the first time demonstrated space-to-ground data communications from low Earth orbit satellites launched earlier this year.
• SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2023 The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceRake, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, $1.8 million to develop miniature laser communications terminals.
• Pentagon space unit awards $1.3 billion in contracts to Northrop Grumman and York for 100 satellites CNBC · 30 Oct 2023 The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency on Monday announced about $1.3 billion in contracts to York Space and Northrop Grumman to build communications satellites.
• Space Development Agency awards Northrop Grumman $732 million contract for 38 satellites and support services SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2023 The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $732 million contract for 38 communications satellites that will be part of the U.S. military’s low Earth orbit space architecture.
• Space Force to begin procurement of missile-tracking satellites for medium Earth orbit constellation SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2023 The U.S. Space Force is moving forward with plans to procure 27 missile-defense satellites for a medium Earth orbit constellation — using an acquisition process that mirrors the model adopted by the Space Development Age...
• Tesat optical terminals selected for Lockheed Martin satellites pass ground tests SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2023 Tesat-Spacecom’s laser communications terminals passed key ground tests required to be deployed on Space Development Agency satellites, the company announced Oct. 26.
• Terran Orbital to build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2023 Lockheed Martin to date has won orders for 88 satellites from the Space Development Agency
• Space Development Agency awards York Space $615 million contract for 62 satellites SpaceNews · 20 Oct 2023 The Space Development Agency has awarded York Space a $615 million contract for 62 satellites for DoD’s low Earth orbit constellation.
• Cognitive Space wins two SDA contracts SpaceNews · 19 Oct 2023 Cognitive Space said securing two SDA phase 2 awards in a matter of weeks underscores the value of the company’s Cognitive Inference Tasking (CNTIENT) software platform.
• Space Development Agency to evaluate SpiderOak cybersecurity software SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2023 WASHINGTON — The cybersecurity firm SpiderOak has signed an agreement with the U.S. Space Development Agency to research the use of the company’s software to protect ground systems that control
• Head of ‘disruptive’ space procurement agency hits back at critics: ‘Change is hard’ SpaceNews · 8 Oct 2023 The head of the Space Development Agency is pushing back at critics who presumably don’t want the military acquisition culture to change, SDA’s director Derek Tournear said in a social media post.
• Space Development Agency funds demonstration of satellite laser links in ‘degraded’ environments SpaceNews · 29 Sep 2023 The Space Development Agency awarded a $14.2 million contract to General Atomics to produce two optical communications terminals hosted on two small satellites for an in-space demonstration.
• Mynaric optical terminals selected for Northrop Grumman satellites pass key tests SpaceNews · 28 Sep 2023 Mynaric’s laser communications terminals passed key ground tests required to be deployed on Space Development Agency satellites
• CACI optical terminals pass initial tests required for Space Development Agency satellites SpaceNews · 19 Sep 2023 CACI International’s optical communication terminal passed initial ground tests required to compete for Space Development Agency satellite contracts, the company announced Sept. 18.
• Geost payloads selected for Space Development Agency satellites SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2023 Geost, a supplier of optical sensor payloads for military satellites, announced Sept. 11 it won a contract to produce eight payloads for missile-tracking satellites that Northrop Grumman is building for the U.S. Space De...
• SDA Seeks Bids For 54 Hypersonic Missile-Tracking Satellites The Launch Pad · 6 Sep 2023 The Space Development Agency (SDA) has release a solicitation for the procurement of 54 satellites equipped with advanced infrared sensors.
• Space Development Agency solicits bids for 54 missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2023 The Space Development Agency on Sept. 5 released a solicitation for 54 satellites equipped with infrared sensors capable of tracking hypersonic missiles in all phases of flight.
• DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users SpaceNews · 4 Sep 2023 The U.S. Space Development Agency in the coming months will begin the demonstration phase of a data network in space designed to support military operations.
• SpaceX launches 13 satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 2 Sep 2023 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sept. 2 at 7:25 a.m. Pacific from Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying 13 U.S. military satellites.
• QinetiQ wins $224 million contract to provide technical services to Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2023 QinetiQ US, a defense contractor based in Lorton, Virginia, was awarded a $224 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical support to the Space Development Agency.