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What SDA’s latest win signals for military space
Date: July 1, 2025 | Outlet: Defense One | By: Amber Corrin The Space Development Agency’s experimental satellite program just kicked off with a record-fast shift into full operating mode, offering what officials see as a promising start for an ambitious military space strategy. The Dragoon spacecraft, launched June 23, is the first of 12…
Read MoreSDA Seeks Proposals from HALO Pool Vendors for the Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T2DES) Europa Program
Posted On: July 1, 2025 Responses Due: Just 28 2025 SDA seeks industry proposals from Hybrid Acquisition of Low-Earth Orbit (HALO) pool prime contractors under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) solicitation for the Europa Program, a demonstration that will be part of the Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T2DES). Technologies and methods matured through…
Read MoreSDA Seeks Proposals for Tranche 3 Tracking Layer (T3TRK) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)
Posted On: April 7, 2025 Responses Due: May 22, 2025 SDA seeks industry proposals for the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer (T3TRK) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This Other Transaction Authority (OT) solicitation for T3TRK will accelerate the capability to provide global, persistent indications, detection, warning, tracking, and identification of conventional and advanced missile…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
Read MoreSDA 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…
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