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SDA Readies for Second Award for Tranche 2, Transport Layer Alpha Satellites After York Space Systems’ Win

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SDA Readies for Second Award for Tranche 2, Transport Layer Alpha Satellites After York Space Systems’ Win
Pictured is a slide from Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear’s Oct. 19 presentation–a slide that he said depicts the deployment of satellites during the first Tranche 0 launch in April (SpaceX Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) expects to award a second contract, possibly next week, for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites after the announcement last week by SDA Director Derek Tournear that York Space Systems had won a $615 million firm-fixed-price Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) contract to build 62 of the 100 Alpha satellites. The latter satellites are to be able to transmit beyond line-of-sight Link 16 data to military forces from space. The full $615 million…

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