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Space Development Agency Awards Over $1.5 Billion to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for Transport Layer

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Space Development Agency Awards Over $1.5 Billion to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for Transport Layer
Optimizing the U.S. Air Force Advanced Battle Management System--the service's part of the DoD Joint All Domain Command and Control architecture--is the second of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's seven operational imperatives. Here, Kendall addresses the 48th Fighter Wing--the "Liberty Wing"-- during a base-wide all-call at RAF Lakenheath, England, on July 13 (Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 21 said that it has awarded two contracts worth more than $1.5 billion to Lockheed Martin's [LMT] space division in Littleton, Colo. and Northrop Grumman's [NOC] space systems segment in Redondo Beach, Calif. to build and operate 72 satellites for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer - Beta prototype variant of the SDA Transport Layer, which is to accelerate significantly the provision of targeting information for military forces. Each company is…

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