The Space Development Agency (SDA) has issued a contract for Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) to support demonstrations and potential future operations under the agency’s Advanced Fire Control (AFC) […]
Warfighter Platforms
Kratos awarded million$$$ prime contract from SDA for ground systems support
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has been awarded a contract valued at a maximum of $116.7 million over five years to create and operate an Advanced Fire […]
SDA awards Tranche 2 Transport Layer contracts for 20 Gamma variant satellite builds
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two prototype agreements with a total value of approximately $424 million to build and operate 20 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) — Gamma […]
VMU-3 advancing operations: The shift to SATCOM launch + recovery
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3 achieved a significant operational milestone with the successful execution of a SATCOM Launch and Recovery (SLR) flight with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force […]
Millennium Space Systems selects L3Harris to build the SDA’s electro-optical infrared payloads
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a contract from Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, to build eight infrared payloads for the SDA’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program. The FOO […]
Implementing DoD’s Replicator Initiative to accelerate all-domain attributable autonomous systems to warfighters at speed + scale
In August, Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced the Replicator initiative, a DoD-wide process to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to warfighters at speed […]
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) […]