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A decision about whether to go forward this year with Tracking Layer Tranche 1 or wait until fiscal 2023 funds are available could happen "within the next few weeks," said SDA Director Derek Tournear.
By Theresa Hitchens on February 16, 2021 at 4:05 PM UPDATED To Include Link To Space Symposium 365 Video. WASHINGTON: The Space Development Agency (SDA) and the builder and operator of America’s spy satellites, the NRO, are discussing how to move imagery more rapidly from spy satellites to warfighters for targeting, SDA Director Derek Tournear tells me. The two agencies are working on “joint roadmaps where we’re planning on being able to integrate their layer and get to the Transport Layer,” he says in an exclusive interview. SDA’s plan is to combine data from NRO imaging satel...
By Theresa Hitchens on February 11, 2021 at 5:24 PM WASHINGTON: The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to issue a request for proposals this summer for some 150 satellites to provide “initial warfighting capability” for communications and missile tracking, says SDA Director Derek Tournear. The new satellites, to be launched in September 2024, will comprise what SDA calls “Tranche 1” of its planned seven-layer National Defense Space Architecture. They will follow-on the 20 Transport Layer satellites for porting data to users and the 10 Tracking Layer missile warning and tracking...
"Information gathered up to and through Tracking Layer Tranche 0 will help inform decisions about future tranches, including how many and which types of sensors should be flown to provide the warfighter a complete advanced missile threat solution," SDA spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea says. By Theresa Hitchens on January 29, 2021 at 1:01 PM