"Pentagon's $2.55 Billion Satellite Contracts for Missile-Tracking and Defense"
TL;DR
The Space Development Agency has awarded contracts to three companies to build 54 missile tracking satellites as part of its Tranche 2 Tracking Layer, with a total value of about $2.5 billion. These satellites will be used for space-based missile warning, tracking, and defense, and are set to be launched in April 2027. The agency aims to quickly field a constellation of hundreds of data transport and advanced missile tracking satellites to augment existing fleets and upgrade capabilities on a two-year cycle.
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- Space Development Agency to buy 54 missile-tracking satellites C4ISRNET
- Pentagon awards $2.5 billion in satellite contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space CNBC
- Space Development Agency awards contracts worth $2.5 billion for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews
- Sierra Space joins defense primes in landing massive military satellite contract TechCrunch
- Pentagon awards $2.55 bln worth of contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed, Sierra Space Reuters
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