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Space Development Agency Independent Review Team Begins Work

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 10th, 2025

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Space Development Agency Independent Review Team Begins Work

Booz Allen Hamilton appointed Mac Thornberry to its board of directors last year (Booz Allen Photo)

Originally to start launch last September, the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 satellites--the first to link to military forces in the field--are to begin orbiting late next summer, as SDA works to integrate them with ground systems and as a DoD-ordered independent review team (IRT) examines the agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The IRT work may help inform the future of SDA, as the Department of Government Efficiency scrubs federal spending and aims to consolidate…

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