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Space

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

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 8th, 2024

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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…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]