SDA Awards Northrop Grumman, York $1.3b For More T2TL Sats

An artist’s rendering of Northrop Grumman’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites on orbit.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman and York will build another 100 data transport satellites under new $1.3 billion contracts from the Space Development Agency (SDA). SDA has broken its Tranche 2 Transport Layer constellation into three phases—Alpha, Beta and Gamma—each focused on different wavelengths, with original...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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