Apurva Minchekar

The Space Development Agency announced Monday it has awarded a $515 million contract to Rocket Lab National Security to build 18 additional Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta variant satellites, an increase in the size of the constellation from 72 to 90 space vehicles. Rocket Lab National Security is a third vendor joining the team of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman , who were previously awarded a total amount of $1.5 billion to build 72 T2TL Beta variant satellites in August last...

The Space Development Agency has scheduled a virtual industry day from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 to discuss ground segment integration program acquisition, according to a notice posted yesterday. The agency will provide an overview of the acquisition to primes and subcontractors as well as allow time for one-on-one sessions with potential vendors, SDA said. Last month, SDA issued adraft request for proposals to inform government requirements for PGI and seek industry inputs on program acquisition.

The Space Development Agency has scheduled a "top secret sensitive compartmented information level" industry presentation to discuss the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma variant solicitation, according to an announcement today. SDA noted the industry day will be held Feb. 7-8 in Chantilly, VA, and will focus on T2TL Gamma Other Transaction solicitation for payload development for space systems to provide fire control solutions.