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SDA Shifts, Goes with Two Contractors, Instead of One, for T2TL-Gamma

Frank Wolfe

Monday, August 19th, 2024

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SDA Shifts, Goes with Two Contractors, Instead of One, for T2TL-Gamma

Last September, Terran Orbital said that it had added 60,000 square feet to its satellite plant in Irvine. Calif. to bring the total space to 90,000 square feet (Terran Orbital Photo)

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has changed its plan to go with one contractor for the Gamma satellites of the Tranche 2-Transport Layer (T2TL). On Friday, SDA said that York Space Systems had received a $170 million SDA Other Transaction Authority (OTA) rapid prototyping contract and Terran Orbital [LLAP] a $254 million one to supply 10 Gamma communications satellites each for the second tranche of SDA's Transport Layer (Defense Daily, Aug. 16). SDA said that it had determined that "two vendors…

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