Northrop Grumman wins $732M SDA contract for global constellation
The contract includes 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer - Alpha satellites and supporting ground elements, as well as five years of operations and sustainment.
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The contract includes 36 Tranche 2 Transport Layer - Alpha satellites and supporting ground elements, as well as five years of operations and sustainment.
The Space Development Agency has won International Telecommunication Union approval to test the Transport Layer birds over international waters and the territory of an unnamed allied nation.
BOCA RATON, Fla., October 24, 2023--Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) a contract to build 36 satellite buses for Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta constellation. Terran Orbital will deliver the buses to Lockheed Martin, which will conduct payload integration and jointly operate the satellites with SDA.
The agency plans to issue at least one more contract as part of this layer of transport satellites, which will include 100 space vehicles.
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