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SAIC Nabs Potential $55 Million SDA Award To Be Tranche 3 Integrator

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

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The Space Development Agency (SDA) has renamed its proliferated LEO constellation as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, or PWSA. Logo: SDA

Taking lessons learned from the development and acquisition of the initial Proliferate Space Warfighter Architecture (PWSA), the Space Development Agency (SDA) this week awarded Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] a potential $54.9 million contact to be the integrator for the Tranche 3 portion of the architecture. SAIC’s role is a new one under the program. General Dynamics’ [GD] Mission Systems division previously won a contract to establish the Ground, Management, and Integration framework for Tranches 1 and 2 of PWSA.…

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