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Companies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer

Companies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer
Members from Space Delta 11 operate an L3Harris AN/TSC-179 Ground Multi-Band Terminal (GMT) connected to the National Space Test and Training Complex -Electromagnetic Range's Deployable Signal Monitoring Unit during the U.S.-Australian Talisman Sabre 23 exercise at Oahu, Hawaii in August. The AN/TSC-179 GMT is a terminal providing tactical satellite communications (Courtesy Photo on U.S. Space Force Website)

The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and enhanced, anti-jam waveforms. But Tranche 2 does not appear to be the end of the SDA innovation trail. The agency is seeking industry ideas on new data links and waveforms for Tranche 3. A Nov. 6 SDA request for information (RFI) "seeks to inform SDA’s roadmap of future datalinks and/or waveforms and…

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