MODERNIZING THE MILITARY'S SPACE ARCHITECTURE

WHO WE ARE

The Space Development Agency orchestrates the development and fielding of DoD's future threat-driven National Defense Space Architecture. SDA uses novel approaches to accelerate the military space capabilities necessary to ensure U.S. technological and military advantage in space for national defense.

CAPABILITY LAYERS

TRANSPORT LAYER

SDA's Transport Layer will provide assured, resilient, low-latency military data and communications connectivity worldwide to a full range of warfighter platforms.

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BATTLE MANAGEMENT LAYER

SDA's Battle Management Layer will provide architecture tasking, mission command and control, and data dissemination to support time-sensitive kill chain closure at campaign scales.

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TRACKING LAYER

SDA's Tracking Layer will provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.

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CUSTODY LAYER

SDA's Custody Layer will provide 24/7, all-weather custody of time-sensitive, left-of-launch surface mobile targets to support targeting for advanced weapons.

 

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EMERGING CAPABILITIES (DETERRENCE) LAYER

SDA's Emerging Capabilities Layer will incubate new mission concepts. Initial focus will be to deter hostile action in deep space (beyond Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) up to lunar distances).

 

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NAVIGATION LAYER

SDA's Navigation Layer will provide alternate positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) for Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied environments.

 

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SUPPORT LAYER

SDA's Support Layer will enable ground and launch segments to support a responsive space architecture.

 

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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SDA Is Strengthening Space Industrial Base, Execs Say

Date: May 3, 2024 | Outlet: Payload | By: Jacqueline Feldscher A five-year-old agency within the Pentagon founded with a mandate to move quickly is stimulating investments that make the entire small sat industrial base more resilient and scalable, according to half a dozen top industry execs.  While the Pentagon is known for delayed timelines…

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Space Development Agency Makes Award to Build Eight Satellites for FOO Fighter Program

Date: April 30, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Space Development Agency (SDA) today announced an award using Other Transaction Authority (OTA) with a total potential value of approximately $414 million to build eight satellites, for launch in first quarter fiscal year 2027, to accelerate fire-control capability for global detection, warning, and precision tracking of advanced…

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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…

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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…

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STEC BAA Amendment: Call for Proposals for Studies for On-demand Space Vehicle De-orbit as a Service

Posted on: March 25, 2024 Response Date: May 1, 2024 Under the current Systems, Technologies, and Emerging Capabilities (STEC) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), FA240124S0001, the Space Development Agency (SDA) is issuing this Call for Proposals for engineering studies, analyses, and technical trades to support assisted, on-demand space vehicle de-orbit as a service for the Proliferated…

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SDA, MDA CONFIRM SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF TRANCHE 0 TRACKING AND THE HYPERSONIC AND BALLISTIC TRACKING SPACE SENSOR SATELLITES

Date: Feb. 15, 2024 On Wednesday, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) confirmed the successful launch of six satellites to low-Earth orbit at 5:30 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The satellites, which include two satellites for MDA’s Hypersonic and Ballistic…

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