:

Space

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

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 8th, 2024

SHARE:

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…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]