The Defense Department could have higher-resolution, global missile warning and tracking in place as soon as 2025. Congress seeded "Tranche 1" of the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer of its planned multi-use satellite constellation in the newly passed fiscal 2022 spending bill. The extra $550 million ...
The Space Development Agency has awarded contracts for the 126 satellites that will make up its Tranche 1 Transport Layer, splitting the deal between Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems, it announced Feb. 28. All told, the three contracts for 42 satellites each ...
Leaders of the Space Force foresee the service continuing to become more “lethal” in its third year, inventing new tactical scenarios while maturing its organizational charts and carving out roles for companies, universities, and other of the world’s militaries.