SDA Issues Special Notice Seeking PWSA Ground Segment and AppFac Transition Studies

Posted On: March 27, 2025 Responses Due: April 14, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking executive summaries to prepare for 180-day studies on evolving the current Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) ground segment (GS) and the Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) software application factory (AppFac). SDA is interested in industry’s perspective…

SDA Issues Solicitation to Recompete 10 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma Variant Space Vehicles

Posted On: March 7, 2025 Responses Due: April 22, 2025 SDA seeks industry submissions to recompete 10 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Gamma variant space vehicles. This solicitation is for the Gamma (γ) variant of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) to be executed by the Advanced Fire Control (AFC) Program. AFC delivers operationally relevant prototypes…

SDA Issues Request for Information for PWSA Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Multi-Mission Module (M3) Interface

Posted On: March 7, 2025 Responses Due: April 11, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) seeks industry feedback on in-space Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Multi-Mission Module (M3) interface documentation to inform SDA’s future BMC3 M3 solicitations.  SDA is releasing this request for information (RFI) to assist in the development and refinement of…

SDA Issues Special Notice Seeking Iron Dome for America Architecture Studies

Posted On: February 10, 2025 Responses Due: February 28, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking executive summaries to prepare for 60-day studies on an “Iron Dome for America” architecture and capability. SDA is interested in industry’s perspective on implementing the Iron Dome for America architecture, with particular focus on enhancing the Proliferated Warfighter…

SDA Requests Industry Feedback on Tranche 3 Tracking Layer Draft Solicitation

Posted On: January 31, 2025 Responses Due: February 28, 2025 The Space Development Agency is seeking industry feedback for delivery of the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The T3 Tracking Layer will accelerate delivery from low Earth orbit of global, persistent indications, detection, warning, tracking, and identification of conventional…

SDA Seeks Industry Input on Optical Communication Terminal Standard Update

Posted On: January 24, 2025 Responses Due: February 4, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) seeks industry feedback on releasing an intermediate Optical Communication Terminal (OCT) Standard between v3.1.0 and v4.0.0 to reduce risk in the upcoming Tranche 3 solicitations of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).  This request for information (RFI) will inform SDA…

SDA Requests Industry Feedback on Tranche 3 Transport Layer Upsilon Variant Draft Solicitation

Posted On: January 23, 2025 Responses Due: February 10, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) released a draft solicitation for the Tranche 3 (T3) Transport Layer Upsilon (T3TLυ) space vehicle variant of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This draft solicitation seeks industry input ahead of the final solicitation to select space industry builder-operator teams…

SDA to Host By-Invite Industry Day for HALO Pool Vendors and Prospective Payload Providers to discuss Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation (T2DES) Europa Prototype Order

Posted on: December 20, 2024 Industry Day: February 10-11, 2025 Responses to Special Notice Due: January 22, 2025 The Space Development Agency, in conjunction with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, will host an industry day for Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) pool members and invited potential payload providers February 10-11, 2025 in Lexington,…

SDA Publishes Request for Proposals for Tranche 3 Program Integration 

Posted On: December 13, 2024 Responses Due: January 31, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) released a final request for proposals for the Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) effort of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This solicitation seeks industry proposals to provide systems engineering and integration activities supporting the T3 program, which will extend…

SDA Requests Industry Feedback on Tranche 3 Integration Draft Request for Proposals

Posted On: Nov. 8, 2024 Responses Due: Noon ET, Nov. 25, 2024 The Space Development Agency (SDA) released a draft request for proposals for the Tranche 3 (T3) Integration effort of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This draft RFP seeks industry input ahead of selecting a vendor to provide systems engineering and integration activities…

SDA Seeks Proposals for Network Orchestration Capability Study

Posted On: September 20, 2024 Response Date: October 21, 2024 by 5 p.m. ET The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking full proposals for studies and modeling and simulation of a “Network Orchestration” capability that would support data transport among the SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), commercial satellite networks, and other space-based data transport…

SDA Special Topics Among New Open Topics for Small Business Opportunities, 24.C Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Posted On: August 21, 2024 Submissions Open: September 18, 2024 Closing Date: October 16, 2024, noon ET The U.S. Air Force AFWERX pre-released its 24.3C Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) topics, including opportunities to present novel and innovative technology for leap-ahead improvements for future tranches…

SDA Posts Request for Information related to Tracking Layer for Tranche 3 of Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

Posted On: June 28, 2024 Response Date: July 29, 2024, noon ET SDA released a request for information (RFI) to gather input for the Tranche 3 (T3) Tracking Layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The RFI provides an opportunity for industry to review and offer feedback in advance of solicitation posting. The T3…

SDA Issues Solicitation for Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI)

Posted on: June 20, 2024 Response Date: Aug. 05, 2024, noon ET The Space Development Agency (SDA) today issued a final request for proposal for Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI). This solicitation was formerly known as PGI (PWSA Futures Ground Integration).  AFCGI will deliver integrated space and ground elements that will demonstrate advanced fire…

SDA Posts Solicitation and Industry Day Invite Seeking Pool of Performers for Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) for Future Prototype Orders

Posted on: May 31, 2024 Industry Day: June 17, 2024 Original Response Date: July 11, 2024 SDA released a solicitation using other transaction authority (OTA) for the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) effort, the winners of which will be eligible to compete for future prototype orders. HALO is an acquisition approach to solicit and…

SDA Issues Broad Agency Announcement for PWSA Battle Management Mission Applications

Posted On: May 20, 2024 Initial Response Date: June 19, 2024 Closing Date: May 19, 2025 The Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (HQ085024S0002) calling for white papers and subsequent invited proposals for containerized software application concepts for battle management of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). These applications will offer substantial…

SDA Issues Request for Information for Future Optical Communication Waveforms

Posted On: April 4, 2024 Response Date: April 18, 2024 SDA seeks industry feedback on optical communications waveforms, ongoing work with other U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies on datalinks and waveforms, and integrating datalinks and waveforms on future Tranches of the Proliferated Warfighter Defense Architecture (PWSA). This request for information (RFI) includes risk reduction…

SDA Issues Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer- Gamma Variant Space Vehicles

Posted On: March 26, 2024 Response Date: April 30, 2024 SDA seeks industry submissions for the final of three types of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) space vehicles—T2TL Gamma. This solicitation expands upon the foundation for Tranche 2 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) previously described in the T2TL Alpha and Beta solicitations. SDA…