The Pentagon's Space Development Agency announced about $1.3 billion in contracts to York Space and Northrop Grumman to build communications satellites.
SDA is having the pair of companies build 100 satellites as part of the network the agency is building, known as the "Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture."
Under the latest awards, Northrop Grumman will build 38 "data transport" satellites for $732 million, while York will build 62 satellites for $617 million.The Pentagon's Space Development Agency on Monday announced about $1.3 billion in contracts to York Space and Northrop Grumman to build communications satellites.
SDA is having the pair of companies build 100 satellites as part of a network the U.S. military is building called. These satellites will be for "Alpha" variant prototypes in the "Tranche 2 Transport Layer" constellation, also known as T2TL-Alpha, to provide encrypted communications.will build 38 "data transport" satellites for $732 million, while York will build 62 satellites for $617 million.
Northrop's award to build Alpha variant satellites for T2TL comes months after the defense giant won an SDA order for Beta variants. In August,in a domain that has widespread ramifications for national security efforts back on Earth. The Space Force has especially seen its budget grow, with $30 billion requested for fiscal 2024. Much of that funding goes to defense contractors and space companies providing products and services to the military.
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