Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed the company’s Critical Design Review (CDR) on a proliferated LEO constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency (SDA), clearing […]
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)
Northrop Grumman selected to deliver nearly 40 data transport satellites to SDA
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732 million to design and build 38 data transport […]
Terran Orbital buses deploy to LEO for SDA’s Tranche 0 mission
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has reported the successful deployment of 10 smallsats that incorporate the firm’s buses to LEO, following a September 2, 2023, launch from Vandenberg Space Force […]
DISA + USSF award Iridium PLEO services contract
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) was recently awarded a five-year base, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, with one five-year option, by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) for Iridium Certus® […]
QinetiQ US awarded million$$$ SDA systems engineering + Tech support contract
QinetiQ US (formerly Avantus Federal), has been awarded a five-year, $224 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA). This firm-fixed price contract will provide systems engineering and technical assistance […]
Northrop Grumman to build Tranche 2 Transport Layer-beta data transport satellites
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and build 36 data transport satellites, the first space vehicles in the latest generation […]
Million$ awarded by SDA to three companies
Recently, the Space Development Agency (SDA) issued awards totaling $1.6 million for a study to be completed over 90 days that will examine and analyze potential, LEO, backhaul capabilities. This […]
Lockheed Martin: Smallsat rapid development facility opens + also completes the CDR for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has opened a facility that streamlines small satellite (smallsat) processing to enable high-rate delivery. The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
A trio of Space Development Agency (SDA) notifications
The SDA issues call for proposal under STEC BAA for BMC3 adaptable processor, application spaces compatible with future PWSA Tranche space vehicles The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a […]
CesiumAstro’s active phased array technology is enlisted by Raytheon Technologies for 7 space vehicles supporting SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer
CesiumAstro , provider of active phased array communications technology for space and airborne systems, was selected by Raytheon Technologies to provide its Vireo active electronically scanned array (AESA) RF communications […]