The Space Development Agency (SDA) launched 21 satellites Oct. 15 as part of its growing data transport network. The launch was the second mission in a campaign to deploy 154 spacecraft under SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). […]

After years of planning and testing, the Space Development Agency (SDA) has launched the initial operational satellites, its mega-constellation of hundreds of small satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) designed to provide persistent, global, low-latency data transport and missile tracking capabilities. […]

Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), announced this week that he is stepping down after more than six years of leading the organization. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced on Tuesday that it has selected Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo to serve as the agency’s new deputy director. […]

The future of one of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) flagship satellite constellations is in limbo as the Department of Defense (DoD) weighs whether to replace the planned Tranche 3 Transport Layer with commercial satellite communications solutions. […]

The first of 12 planned military satellites is now fully operational within less than a week of its launch, a top Space Development Agency (SDA) official announced today after he said the defense agency sent the spacecraft, dubbed Dragoon, into orbit on Monday.  […]

How can the Department of Defense (DoD) ensure its dominance against adversaries around the globe in the new space race?  […]

A recent Federal watchdog report is urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to pause further investments in the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) laser communications technology until it can provide more evidence of its effectiveness in space. […]

The U.S. Space Force has established a dedicated team to aid in the development of President Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” initiative that aims to bolster the country’s missile defense systems. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is looking to industry for input on how its collaborative low-Earth orbit mega-constellation – known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) – could be integrated into President Donald Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” missile defense system. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has successfully demonstrated the first low Earth orbit (LEO) inter-vendor laser communication link – marking a big step toward building a scalable, collaborative mega-constellation with a shared interface standard. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans for a major acquisition push in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and is pursuing the procurement of nearly 200 satellites for Tranche 3 of its low-Earth orbit megaconstellation. […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded $424 million in contracts to develop the final 20 satellites for its constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites.   […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded three prototype agreements to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and Sierra Space earlier to build 54 satellites that will help create the technological foundation of SDA’s Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer, which focuses on tracking and warning of possible missile threats. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) – an arm of the U.S. Space Force – has added Rocket Lab National Security as the third contractor for the Beta version of its Tranche 2 transport layer, which is focused on developing a constellation of satellite communications for warfighters around the globe. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems contracts to build and operate satellites that will be part of the agency’s second tranche of data transport spacecraft intended to provide warfighters with persistent global communications capabilities. […]

In the coming months, the Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to begin the demonstration phase of a novel approach to transmitting data to support military operations. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) released its final request for proposals for procurement of 100 satellites that the agency will use to expand its military constellation system. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $64 million contract to develop, implement, and sustain a software application factory for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking an industry partner to develop, implement, and sustain a Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) application factory, according to a solicitation released on Feb. 14. […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded a trio of contractors a total of $1.8 billion of contracts to build a mesh network of interconnected space satellites that will form the basis of a high-volume data communications system expected to make up the “backbone” of its Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) network, SDA said in a release. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is pioneering a slew of next-generation satellites and sensors to deliver critical data to military command centers from space, and to track and target missile threats and other time-sensitive targets, officials from the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said at the Defense One Tech Summit on June 22. […]