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 ...
The Defense Department is debating how best to develop the space-based data connectivity backbone of its future force–to forge ahead with an existing program led by the Space Development Agency (SDA), ...
On October 30, the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded contracts totaling $1.3 billion to Redondo Beach, California-based Northrop Grumman Space Systems and Denver-based York Space Systems, which ...
SpaceX has won a lucrative contract to provide the US military with a means of distributing space-based sensing and targeting data, forming the “backbone” of a rearchitected network after separate ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 10, 2025, launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON ...