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SDA to Issue Solicitation in Next Two Weeks for Tranche 1 of Tracking Layer

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 15th, 2022

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SDA to Issue Solicitation in Next Two Weeks for Tranche 1 of Tracking Layer

The Space Development Agency (SDA) is to issue a solicitation in the next two weeks for 28 satellites in Tranche 1 of the Tracking Layer of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) to allow pinpoint monitoring of potential hypersonic missile launches by China and Russia. In apparent recognition of that potential, Congress added $550 million in the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill for an upcoming satellite demonstration in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. President Biden signed the bill into law on March…

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