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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…
Read MoreWhat 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 MoreSpace 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…
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 MoreInterview 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…
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 MoreSpace 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…
Read MoreLink 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…
Read MoreSpace 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…
Read MoreSDA 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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