The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for 72 Tranche 2, Transport Layer-Beta satellites and expects to award a contract soon to another vendor for more than a dozen T2TL-Beta satellites, SDA Director Derek Tournear said on Dec. 7. "We are looking at putting another approximately 18 satellites on contract, and we're working with a third vendor to do that, and we should make that announcement shortly," he…
