
The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to buy 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites with advanced tactical data links, and the agency is requiring that any company wishing to win have "at least one nontraditional U.S. defense contractor or nonprofit research institution participating to a significant extent in the prototype project," according to a Dec. 4 draft solicitation. "The government expects to make T2TL-Gamma awards to a single vendor, subject to available funding," SDA said. "Each…