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SDA Awards Rocket Lab Up to $515 Million Contract for Transport Layer

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SDA Awards Rocket Lab Up to $515 Million Contract for Transport Layer
Pictured is Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck (Rocket Lab Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) on Jan. 8 announced an up to $515 million award to Rocket Lab for 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta satellites that will bring the total T2TL-Beta constellation to 90. SDA Director Derek Tournear said on Dec. 7 that the agency had awarded about $1.5 billion in contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for 72 T2TL-Beta satellites (Defense Daily, Dec. 7, 2023). SDA said that Rocket Lab's 18 T2TL-Beta satellites "will be…

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