Space Development Agency, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement
Posted On: March 4, 2026 Original Date Offers Due: March 3, 2027 SDA has released an updated Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to advance the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). SDA is soliciting executive summaries, invited proposal abstracts, and proposals for novel architecture concepts, systems, technologies, and capabilities that enable…
SDA Makes HALO Europa Award
Feb. 23, 2026 Initial HALO Europa Acquisition To Demonstrate Commercial TACSATCOM WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced it has awarded a $30 million prototype agreement for the first commercial solutions program under the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit, or HALO, Europa Track 2 solicitation to AST SpaceMobile, Inc., Midland,…
SDA Issues Request for Information for Future Space-To-Air Optical Communication Terminals
Posted On: January 28, 2026 Response Date: February 27, 2026 Space Development Agency (SDA) today published a request for information (RFI) seeking industry solutions for airborne optical communication terminals. This initiative aims to equip aircraft with the ability to connect directly to SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), a resilient network of satellites in low…
Space Development Agency Makes Awards to Build 72 Tracking Layer Satellites for Tranche 3
Date: Dec. 19, 2025 Tracking Layer Tranche 3 expands upon missile warning/missile tracking and missile defense capabilities deployed in Tranches 1 and 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced the award of four agreements, with a total value of approximately $3.5 billion, to build 72 Tracking Layer satellites to proliferate missile…
Space Development Agency Completes Successful Launch of First Tranche 1 Satellites
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Acting Director Announced for Space Development Agency
Sept. 8, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced the selection of Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo as the acting director of SDA, where he will lead the strategic direction and program execution for acquisition, delivery, and operations of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Sandhoo, most recently the agency’s deputy director,…
Space Development Agency demos key space-to-air communications link
Date: September 2, 2025 | Outlet: Defense News | By: Courtney Albon In a series of trials this summer, the Space Development Agency and its industry team demonstrated two-way optical communications between a satellite and an aircraft in flight — a milestone for the agency’s efforts to establish a secure, high-speed, communications network that can…
New Deputy Director Announced for Space Development Agency
July 8, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced the selection of Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo as the new Deputy Director of SDA, where he supports the director in the daily management of the organization and the execution of the development, fielding, and operation of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. Sandhoo…
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…
SDA 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…
Space Development Agency Completes Successful Launch of T1DES Prototype Satellite
Date: June 24, 2025 SDA delivers first of 12 risk reduction satellites on orbit for experimentation and demonstration WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Space Development Agency today announced the successful launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, of the first prototype among 12 risk reduction satellites comprising the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) constellation that…
Military satellite program highlights role of ‘mission integrators’
Date: May 8, 2025 | Outlet: Space News | By: Sandra Erwin WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is ramping up efforts to bring commercial technology into military systems, betting that private-sector speed and innovation can help modernize U.S. defense programs, especially in space. This push could increase the demand for so-called “mission integrators”—engineering firms that specialize…
SDA Announces Award for Tranche 3 Program and Integration
Science Applications International Corp., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $54,908,584 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche Three program integration effort. This contract provides for system engineering and integration support activities enabling the delivery of the tranche 3 space vehicles for transport, tracking, and custody layers and their integration within the proliferated warfighter space…
SDA 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…
Interview With Space Development Agency’s Chief Of Contracts, Christopher Glista
Date: March 3, 2025 | Outlet: Defense Acquisition University Magazine | By: Emily Ashcom and Benjamin Tyree Christopher Glista, Chief of Contracts for the Space Development Agency (SDA), is responsible for the daily operation of SDA’s contracting cell and advises agency leadership on acquisition planning and provides contracting support for SDA business operations. Under his…
Space Development Agency Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement
Posted On: January 15, 2025 Original Date Offers Due: January 14, 2026 Through this updated Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), SDA is soliciting executive summaries, invited proposal abstracts, and invited proposals for novel architecture concepts, systems, technologies, and capabilities that enable leap-ahead improvements for future tranches of the agency’s Proliferated…
Link 16 tactical data link communication via space: ‘A ground-breaking development’
Date: Dec. 6, 2024 | Outlet: FFI Norwegian Foreign Defense Research Establishment | By: FFI Staff Report ‘This is a game-changing capability, and we’re just getting started!’ says Major Tyler Levy at FFI, leader of a test where Norwegian F-35s and P-8s communicated over a Link 16 network via satellites in space. ‘The unique thing…
SDA Selects Vendor to Deliver Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure
Date: Nov. 12, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced a contract for Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) to support demonstrations and potential future operations under the agency’s Advanced Fire Control (AFC) effort. The cost-plus award fee contract worth a maximum of approximately $117 million was awarded to Kratos Technology…
SDA Selects Initial HALO Pool to Rapidly Compete Future Prototype Demonstrations
Date: Oct. 23, 2024 Non-traditional space companies form the initial pool of 19 offerors WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced it has selected 19 non-traditional space companies to join the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit, or HALO, pool, an acquisition approach to solicit and rapidly award protype demonstrations and…
SDA Posts Tranche 3 Industry Planning Notice
Posted On: October 2, 2024 The Space Development Agency (SDA) released a planning notice for Tranche 3 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). This top-level solicitation timeline allows industry to plan to compete for upcoming acquisitions, in addition to supporting improved and more focused proposal responses. SDA’s Tranche 3 programs will provide sustained capability…