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SDA Awards Northrop Grumman $732 Million for Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha Satellites

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SDA Awards Northrop Grumman $732 Million for Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha Satellites
Soldiers troubleshoot a satellite transportable terminal during a competition at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla. on May 21, 2016 (Defense Department Photo)

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $732 million firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) contract to build 38 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Alpha constellation, the agency said on Oct. 30. The 100 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites are to transmit beyond line-of-sight Link 16 data to military forces from space, while the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta satellites are to transmit over Ultra High Frequency S-band for tactical satellite communications,…

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